Cotton Marketing News – Prices Improve but still Below 90¢

Cotton Marketing News – Prices Improve but still Below 90¢

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics   Prices have rebounded from the low of 72 cents back on October 31.  December futures are now back over 80 cents—prompting optimism that better times could be on the way.   = The area around 90 cents...
Cotton Marketing News – Market Back to Double Digits

Cotton Marketing News – Market Back to Double Digits

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics   The market continues to find ways to surprise and shock and sometimes make us happy and sometimes disappoint.  If it can, the market has a way of proving all analysts wrong at some point. After trading...
Update on Cotton Diseases: Target Spot and Aerolate Mildew

Update on Cotton Diseases: Target Spot and Aerolate Mildew

Source: Dr. Amanda Scherer, Extension Plant Pathologist for the August 17th edition of Cotton Shorts   High humidity and temperatures along with vigorous canopy growth will favor prolonged periods of leaf wetness in crops and drive disease pressure across Alabama...
Cotton Marketing News:  Market Shocked and Direction Confirmed

Cotton Marketing News: Market Shocked and Direction Confirmed

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Ten days ago, my headline said “Prices Should Begin to Find Direction Soon”.  Direction has now been realized as prices have gained significantly—giving growers new hope after we were in the upper 80’s just a few...