by external | Nov 21, 2025
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Due to the U.S. government shutdown, some agencies and their data reports have not been available since September. USDA today released the November U.S. and World supply and demand estimates and crop production projections....
by external | Jul 25, 2025
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Cotton prices (December 2025 futures) continue in the mostly 67¢ to 71¢ range. Thus far, nothing has been able to push prices higher for the past 7 months. We’ve had a few dips below this range, but prices recovered...
by external | Jul 11, 2025
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Back in March, farmers said they intended to plant 9.87 million acres of cotton this year. If realized, that would be an 11.8% reduction from last year. Prices have not improved since then and expectations were that acres...
by external | Jun 20, 2025
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Last week’s USDA monthly supply/demand estimates for June do not contain enough good news to support higher prices. But also, there’s not enough negative news to call for price to move lower. So, prices (December 2025...
by external | Apr 4, 2025
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Farmers say they intend to plant 9.87 million acres of cotton this year—down 11.8% from last year. This is based on a survey of producers conducted by USDA during the first two weeks of March. These estimates reflect farmer...
