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Take Control: Use Multiple Herbicide Modes of Action
April 9, 2018
Keep resistance in check with a diligent weed management plan You knock them down, but they seem to come back …
Marketing Stories
Market Analysis
Foreign Production Deficit Key to Cotton Market
March 9, 2009
World mill use is projected to increase faster than production, indicating a stronger market. However, the perspective for the 2006/07 …
Sponsor: Enlist Weed Control System
Take Control: Use Multiple Herbicide Modes of Action
April 9, 2018
Keep resistance in check with a diligent weed management plan You knock them down, but they seem to come back …
Market Analysis
A Raging-bull Wheat Market is the Financial Motivation for Rotating Cotton and Wheat
March 5, 2009
A soybean/cotton rotation? Sometimes. A corn/cotton rotation? Absolutely. A wheat/cotton rotation? When the cash price of wheat exploded through the …
Market Analysis
March 5, 2009
Cotton growers have had a peaceful coexistence with what Native Americans called “maize” for a couple of decades. Maybe longer. …
Market Analysis
The U.S. & China: The Twain Meets
March 5, 2009
On November 7th, Yao Ming and his Houston Rockets came to Memphis and vanquished the hometown Grizzlies, 86-80. Less than …
Market Analysis
Johanns Believes U.S. Farmers Need A Global Perspective
March 5, 2009
As United States policy makers consider a new Farm Bill next year, the challenge of meeting domestic needs while balancing …
March 4, 2009
Most cotton growers are very knowledgeable when it comes to growing and harvesting a crop. They have years of experience, …
Cotton Vs. Corn: Paradox Proves Logic
March 4, 2009
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis: The Hegelian dialectic triad. Wilhelm F. Hegel was an 18th-century German philosopher who believed that all things …
NYBOT and Cotton Grower Announce Marketers of the Year
March 3, 2009
While eating lunch one afternoon during the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conference in San Antonio, California producers Bob Hull and Jack …
Funding Cotton Incorporated Is Money Well Spent
March 3, 2009
Each year when cotton producers are charged their per bale assessment to fund research and promotion at Cotton Incorporated, they …
Strengthening American Cotton’s Marketability
March 2, 2009
Cotton Incorporated designs research and promotion projects to strengthen the market position of American cotton at every stop along cotton’s …
March 2, 2009
He said they were big shoes to fill. He said it was a tough act to follow. Then he went …
Paradigm Shift Changes Market For The U.S. Cotton Grower
March 2, 2009
Even during trying times and with challenges ahead, the United States cotton industry is well positioned to maintain its leadership …
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Marketing
USDA Announces 2018 Loan Rate Differentials
April 17, 2018
USDA’s Farm Service Agency has announced the 2018-crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton.
Market Analysis
Strong Demand, Drought Concerns Pushing Prices
April 14, 2018
Thanks to mill demand, shrinking quality stocks and increased drought concerns in the Southwest, cotton continues to post gains in spite of the selling pressure created by rolling positions to the July contract.
Promotion
Branding is Key Marketing Tool for U.S. Cotton
April 10, 2018
Brands mean trust, which sells products, and cotton is no exception.
Market Analysis
Shurley on Cotton: More Tariff Talk
April 9, 2018
The jury is still out on whether or not the “verbal war” between the U.S. and China will actually result in tariffs, and what the impact on cotton will be.
Market Analysis
Market Holds in Face of Tariff Rumblings
April 8, 2018
World consumption continues to support prices, but the mere suggestion of tariffs makes speculative fund managers nervous and increases market volatility.
Market Analysis
Cleveland: Prices Rally on USDA Acreage Report
April 1, 2018
USDA’s annual Prospective Plantings report pleasantly surprised the market, as seen by the price rally for cotton following the report’s release.
Market Analysis
Shurley: This is Now USDA’s Number for Cotton
April 1, 2018
In my opinion, USDA’s March 30 Prospective Plantings report gets us much closer to what will eventually be the acres planted number.
Market Analysis
Cleveland: Start Pricing This Year’s Crop
March 24, 2018
Plant, plant, plant continues to be the motto. But it’s also time to add price, price, price to the discussion.
Promotion
JCPenney Joins Cotton LEADS Program
March 22, 2018
JCPenney is demonstrating its commitment to sustainability by joining the Cotton LEADS program.
Market Analysis
Demand, Weather Concerns Driving Strong Trade
March 16, 2018
The market seldom sees a three-year price stream so favorable.
Market Analysis
Shurley: Pulling the Trigger on the 2018 Crop
March 16, 2018
Producing a cotton crop ultimately commits you to also sell the crop. But at what point do you say the price is “good enough?”