Market Analysis
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Pakistan Cotton Crop Projection Unchanged
In January, The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee of Pakistan’s latest report projected the country’s 2011/12 cotton crop to be 12.598…
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China, Economy, Weather Key Factors in 2012
National Cotton Council economists say cotton’s 2012 outlook will be influenced primarily by China’s national reserves stocks, uncertainty over the…
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Agriculture Finds a Friend in Bill Gates
In his 2012 Annual Report to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, founder Bill Gates said, “It is shocking —…
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Predictions and Contradictions
I heard a speculator say with cotton, corn and soybean prices fluctuating so wildly, seven out of eight trades will…
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Advice for Pricing Fuel, Fertilizer and Labor
A Cotton Incorporated-funded project under the purview of Dr. Jeanne Reeves, Director of Agricultural Research, offers some sound advice for…
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Cotton Incorporated Conference Continues Successfully
I recently delivered a program update to over 750 attendees at the 15th Annual Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference…
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Cleveland: Cotton Wraps Up a Bearish Week
Just when we thought the bearish news had already worked its way through the market this week comes along and…
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‘Knowing the Numbers’ Isn’t Always Enough
Even people who have spent most of their lives in the cotton trade were baffled by recent volatility. The most…
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CCI Elects Webb as 2012 President
James L. “Jimmy” Webb, a cotton grower from Leary, GA, has been elected the 2012 president of Cotton Council International…
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Courageous Leaders Focus on Tomorrow
The relatively stable surroundings and peace that the world was accustomed to symbolically ended on Sept. 15, 2008. On that…