Market Analysis
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Foreign Production Deficit Key to Cotton Market
World mill use is projected to increase faster than production, indicating a stronger market. However, the perspective for the 2006/07…
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The End of U.S. Cotton?
With dwindling acreage reports, strong foreign markets, rising energy costs and the promise of big returns on competing crops, some…
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Lessons From ICA
The International Cotton Association Annual Trade Dinner Event came to a close October 3 in Liverpool, and I have been…
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Experimental Marketing
The Cotton Research & Promotion Program was created to recapture lost markets, maintain existing markets and establish new markets for…
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A Raging-bull Wheat Market is the Financial Motivation for Rotating Cotton and Wheat
A soybean/cotton rotation? Sometimes. A corn/cotton rotation? Absolutely. A wheat/cotton rotation? When the cash price of wheat exploded through the…
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The U.S. & China: The Twain Meets
On November 7th, Yao Ming and his Houston Rockets came to Memphis and vanquished the hometown Grizzlies, 86-80. Less than…
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Johanns Believes U.S. Farmers Need A Global Perspective
As United States policy makers consider a new Farm Bill next year, the challenge of meeting domestic needs while balancing…
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Corn Crashes Cotton’s Party?
Cotton growers have had a peaceful coexistence with what Native Americans called “maize” for a couple of decades. Maybe longer.…
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Growers Say Acreage Will Be Down In 2007
Throughout the country, cotton growers are expecting a decline in cotton acres due to several factors. High prices for corn,…
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Cotton Marketing 101
Most cotton growers are very knowledgeable when it comes to growing and harvesting a crop. They have years of experience,…