NOVEMBER 3, 2025 The Week Ahead • We’re 34 days into the shutdown, with leaders still holding firm. Some movement is happening behind the scenes as senators work on FY2026 spending, and the restart of SNAP payments offers a bit of relief.
Read More / Download ReportMonitor Market Events on Cotton’s Horizon for Price Impact Nov 02, 2025 Cotton has enjoyed a good run as December futures have finished higher in six of the last seven trading sessions.
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Read More / Download ReportOCTOBER 27, 2025 The Week Ahead • Aside from the ongoing government shutdown — now in its 27th day with no end in sight — this could be the busiest week markets have seen since October 1.
Read More / Download ReportCotton Export Business Remains Slow as Prices Settle Oct 26, 2025 Cotton prices continue to back and fill, which is excellent compared to the downtrend of recent months. Any “filling” implies the market found its price bottom. Going into the close, the December contract was up for the day but
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Read More / Download ReportOCTOBER 13, 2025 The Week Ahead • Many expected the government shutdown to make for a dull stretch with limited data updates, but this past week proved otherwise as U.S.–China trade tensions flared again. The shutdown continues to drag on, creating challenges across the board. With little in
Read More / Download ReportOCTOBER 6, 2025 The Week Ahead • The government shutdown has now stretched into a week with no clear end in sight, delaying key USDA reports and leaving cotton and other ag markets without their usual data signals.
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Read More / Download ReportPossible for 2026: More Cotton Acres, Better Prices? Oct 03, 2025 Early indications are that foreign cotton producers will reduce the area devoted to cotton production in 2026. However, the mass of planted area reductions would come from major foreign producing countries, as U.S. plantings sho
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Read More / Download ReportSEPTEMBER 29, 2025 The Week Ahead • Markets are moving with an odd mix of confidence and caution, but the clock runs out on funding on Tuesday, and uncertainty is building.
Read More / Download ReportCotton Prices Continue to Hang On Sep 27, 2025 The good news — the cotton market continues to hold the 66-cent level, although it is struggling. On a trading basis, December futures slips below its life of contract low close, 66.04 cents, on a routine basis. Yet, to date, it has bounced back t
Read More / Download ReportFor Week Ending 18-Sep-2025 Net Upland Sales 2025-26 Net sales of Upland totaling 86,100 RB for 2025/2026 were down 54 percent from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average.
Read More / Download ReportSEPTEMBER 22, 2025 The Week Ahead • Unpredictable. Interesting. Pick your adjective to describe the data flow this week, which includes multiple inflation readings and personal income.
Read More / Download ReportCotton Market Bears Continue to Hinder Bullish Hints Sep 19, 2025 Never begin a sentence with the word I, and certainly never, ever begin a paragraph with I. That said… I just cannot get there. Hopefully, I am really missing something. I look every day for bullish news in the cotton market.
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Read More / Download ReportFor Week Ending 11-Sep-2025 Net Upland Sales 2025-26 Net sales of Upland totaling 186,100 RB for 2025/2026 were up 44 percent from the previous week and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average.
Read More / Download ReportSEPTEMBER 15, 2025 The Week Ahead • Markets are optimistic heading into Wednesday’s Fed meeting, where a 25 basis point rate cut is widely expected and would mark the first in nine months.
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Read More / Download ReportNeutral Report Supports Current Cotton Trading Activity Sep 13, 2025 The market was friendly to cotton on the week as December settled 80 points higher at 66.83 cents. The nearby October contract, although thinly traded, also settled 80 points higher at 65.19.
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Read More / Download ReportMy Dear CAI Members and Cotton Friends, We are happy to inform you that Cotton Association of India (CAI) is organizing a training course on ‘Cotton - Quality Assessment & Marketing in Present Scenario’ under its Farmer Training Centre in Mumbai
Read More / Download ReportWhat Cotton’s Situation Means for Southwest Georgia Sep 11, 2025 This article was written for and published by Bainbridge Media, “Cotton in Crisis”, The Post-Searchlight — Down on the Farm, Bainbridge, GA, and for Don Shurley’s Cotton Marketing News. It is reprinted with permission.
Read More / Download ReportSep-2025 COTTON: The September outlook for 2025/26 U.S. cotton supply and demand shows marginally higher production compared to last month, with no change to exports, consumption, imports, or stocks.
Read More / Download ReportFor Week Ending 04-Sep-2025 Net Upland Sales 2025-26 Net sales of Upland totaling 129,600 RB for 2025/2026 were down 47 percent from the previous week and 33 percent from the prior 4-week average.
Read More / Download ReportSEPTEMBER 08, 2025 The Week Ahead • This week begins with a mixed macro tone, as markets balance last week’s weak jobs report against optimism for a Fed rate cut on September 16–17. A softer dollar outlook and Fed-driven momentum could continue to provide support for commodities.
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Read More / Download ReportCotton Market Bears Continue to Fend Off Bullish Moves Sep 07, 2025 Cotton found a bit of good fundamental news on the week, but prices failed to respond.
Read More / Download ReportFor Week Ending 28-Aug-2025 Net Upland Sales 2025-26 Net sales of Upland totaling 245,000 RB for 2025/2026 primarily for
Read More / Download ReportSEPTEMBER 02, 2025 The Week Ahead • This week begins with a bullish macro tone, as investors place nearly 90% odds on a Fed rate cut at the September 16 and 17 meeting. Commodities are drawing support from stronger demand for hard assets and a softer dollar outlook, while cotton markets will
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Read More / Download ReportCotton Market Tease Continues With Little Movement Aug 31, 2025 Hire Sydney Sweeney. Now that Labor Day is here, Christmas approaches and it’s time to give serious thought about the cotton gifts you will give, and receive, this coming season.
Read More / Download ReportFor Week Ending 21-Aug-2025 Net Upland Sales 2025-26 Net sales of Upland totaling 179,300 RB for 2025/2026 primarily for
Read More / Download ReportPosted On: 28 AUG 2025 8:48AM by PIB Delhi To augment availability of cotton for the Indian textile sector, the Central Government had temporarily exempted the import duty on cotton from 19th August 2025 till 30th September, 2025. In order to support exporters further, the Central Government ha
Read More / Download ReportAUGUST 25, 2025 The Week Ahead • This week should be relatively quiet, but still brings key economic updates with July personal income and spending data—featuring the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the PCE index. The release comes on the heels of last week’s Jackson Hole meetings, where of
Read More / Download ReportPrices Tease, Outlook May Be “Cautiously Improved” Aug 24, 2025 USDA’s August crop production and supply/demand estimates for the 2025 crop should really have not been a shocker — but they apparently were to some.
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