by external | Dec 10, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Uncertainty and panic over the OMICRON variant caused the cotton market, along with many other commodities, to drop significantly in price over the past 2 weeks. Cotton began this week to stabilize and try...
by external | Nov 12, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Today’s USDA reports were mostly neutral to either slightly bearish or slightly bullish depending on your viewpoint. Regardless, prices took off anyway. There are some factors in play that production and...
by external | Oct 29, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics I don’t want to bore you with numbers, but understanding at least a few numbers helps to try to decipher this market. Where we have been and where we might be going? Let’s first understand the history and...
by external | Oct 1, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Looking back 6 months, the move to 80-85 was the first pricing action for some growers. It was considered a good price risk management opportunity. Then prices (December futures) moved further to 90 cents. ...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 27, 2021
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the July 1, 2021 Cattle Inventory Report at the end of last month. This report shows that the National Cattle Inventory has continued to shrink since the peak in 2018. The chart above...
by external | Aug 27, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Most of the time, but not always, prices tend to trend down as we move closer to harvest. It’s called seasonality, and for that reason, farmers like to price some portion of their crop prior to harvest. ...
