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Cotton Marketing Weekly

O.A. Cleveland

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Column archive · 2023

December

Dec 29Stronger Cotton Prices for the New Year? Maybe.Dec 24A Quiet Week for Cotton as 2024 ApproachesDec 15Price Swings and Weak Demand Continue to Feed the Cotton BearsDec 8Cotton Prices Rebound Back to Year-Old RangeDec 1How the Grinch Stole Cotton’s Christmas

November

Nov 20A Better Week, as Lower Cotton Prices Lift ExportsNov 13New Bottom for the Cotton Market Is In…MaybeNov 4New Cotton Price Lows, More Demand Woes

October

Oct 27Positive Week for Cotton, But Beware Growing Consumer StressOct 23Sell at Harvest and Buy Call Options to Help Offset Low Demand, Storage CostsOct 16Brazil Knocking on the U.S. Cotton Market Share DoorOct 8Can the 90-Cent Cotton Market Barrier Be Breached?Oct 2Cotton’s Tight Price Range Faces Little Pressure to Change

September

Sep 22It’s a Wishy-Washy, Back-and-Fill Cotton MarketSep 15Stagnant Demand Continues to Suppress Cotton MarketSep 11Keep An Eye on Cotton Prices and USDA September ReportSep 2Cotton Teases 90 Cents, Time to Sell into a Rising Market

August

Aug 28Analyzing Cotton’s Big TeaseAug 28Cotton Companion Podcast: August Puts the Heat on CottonAug 19Economics, Demand Keep Cotton Bulls on the SidelineAug 11Cotton Prices Climb on New USDA Production NumbersAug 5Cotton’s August Doldrums Are Officially Here

July

Jul 30Cotton Prices Settle into Mid-80s as the Wait for Demand ContinuesJul 24Is the Market Boosting or Killing the Cotton Crop?Jul 14“Muddy” Cotton Market Going Nowhere FastJul 7Cotton Bulls and Bears Continue Market StandoffJul 2Cotton Prices Up on Acreage Report, But Demand Remains Elusive

June

Jun 23Market Watching June Acreage Report for DirectionJun 17Mother Nature Assuming Control of Cotton PricesJun 9USDA Gives a Few Nods to the Cotton BullsJun 5Cotton Prices Favorable, but a Squeeze Is on the Horizon

May

May 26Despite Fundamentals, Ugly Economics Drag on Cotton PricesMay 22Cotton Prices Hint the High End of the Trading RangeMay 15USDA Report Dampens Cotton Market’s Bearish ToneMay 6A Good Week for Cotton as Prices Test 85 CentsMay 1Cleveland: Time to Sell Old Crop Cotton NOW

April

Apr 24Is Cotton’s Current Price Cap Stuck in the Mud?Apr 24Rangebound Cotton Prices Keep Bears in ControlApr 17Cotton Companion Podcast: Unpacking the Current Cotton MarketApr 7Cotton Prices Improve, But Demand Remains BearishApr 3Small Market Rally Provides Second Chance to Price Cotton

March

Mar 27Heightened Economic Uncertainty Fuels the Cotton BearsMar 17Read at Your Own Risk: Cotton Bears in ControlMar 10Have the Economy and Demand Broken the Cotton Market?Mar 3Cotton Price Rallies Capped: Stuck in the Mid-80s

February

Feb 26Weather Already Driving 2023 Cotton PricesFeb 19U.S. Economy Is Squeezing the Cotton MarketFeb 12Short Term Cotton Prices: Expect More of the SameFeb 3Cotton’s Great Expectations and Its Sobering Reality

January

Jan 30Sales Improving, but Cotton Prices Show Little ChangeJan 20Cotton Prices Holding in Range-Bound LimboJan 16Demand Woes Open the Door for Cotton’s BearsJan 8Bouncing Prices, Early Planting Intentions, and Stagnant DemandJan 1Cotton’s Bullish and Bearish Factors for 2023

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Weekly cotton market analysis. 657 columns in the archive, most recently April 2026. Published about weekly.