Cotton Marketing News:  Short-Term Rally Fails To Hold

Cotton Marketing News: Short-Term Rally Fails To Hold

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Old crop July futures has now lost 3.75 cents since the recent “peak” at over 57 cents on April 30.  New crop December futures has declined 3.5 cents after reaching almost 59 cents on April 30. It now appears we...
Cotton Marketing News:  Cotton Slipping but Should Find Support

Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Slipping but Should Find Support

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Market math can sometimes be confusing.  Case in point—December futures have lost 2.37 cents this week.  I read a story today lamenting the decline.  December closed today at just under 62 cents (61.84). Well,...
Cotton Marketing News:  Cotton Showing More Positive Patterns

Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Showing More Positive Patterns

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Since the summer lows around the 58-cent level, cotton prices (Dec19 futures) have managed to fight through all the negatives and unknowns and trended back up—to the 65-66 cents range.  Prices have gained about...