Market Analysis
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Shurley: 2025 Crop Year ARC/PLC Payments
For 2025 production, producers will receive the higher of ARC or PLC by crop, by farm.
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Shurley: Cotton’s “Break” Happens
A brutal week sees cotton fall below the 82 cent support-level. Overall yearly cotton demand shows improvement, however.
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Robinson: Weekly Cotton Market Summary
The most active Dec’26 contract gyrated above and below the 83 cent level settling Friday at 82.71 cents per pound.
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Shurley: What Does This Price Slide Mean?
The run to 93 cents is over. That doesn’t mean it can’t return, but the market has adjusted.
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Robinson: Week of September 6 Cotton Market Summary
For the week following Labor Day, ICE cotton futures followed a sideways gyration.
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Shurley: Tracking the 2025 ARC and PLC Situation
Due to the late passage and signing and the changes in ARC/PLC made, the producer will receive the higher of…
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Under Armour Addition is a Feather in the Cap for Trust Protocol
In April, the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced that Under Armour, Inc. was coming into the fold, joining the Trust…
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Shurley: August Reports Offer Mixed Bag for Cotton
Prices (Dec futures) have been in a good uptrend over the past 3 weeks with only 1 little hint of…
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Ramkumar: Indian Technical Textiles Cozy Up to Cotton
“In the textile sector, for growth, it is vitally important to develop sustainable technical textiles using cotton and other fibers…
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Better Cotton Initiative Set to Host Regenerative Ag Event in Texas
Taking place 8-11 September, Cotton & Beyond: Regenerative Agriculture in the Texas High Plains will gather farmers, merchants, mills, and…