Last year at this time, the US cotton trade had sold around 6 million bales from a 12.91 million bales crop. This year, the US is estimated to produce 13 million bales, but till date; just a little over 3 million bales have been sold, ...
Tags: US Cotton Trade, Bales, Textile
Weather conditions continue to stay corn- and soybean-friendly, and the latest USDA Crop Progress data show that weather remains behind a steady climb in overall field conditions. Monday's weekly USDA report shows a 1% improvement in corn ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The U.S. corn and soybean crops are developing at a pace ahead of normal despite the fact the last week's seen a slight dip in the condition of both as new forecasts hint at a continued shortage of rainfall in much of the Corn Belt through ...
Tags: Slip, Agriculture, Food
The U.S. corn and soybean crops are developing at a pace ahead of normal despite the fact the last week's seen a slight dip in the condition of both as new forecasts hint at a continued shortage of rainfall in much of the Corn Belt through ...
Tags: Slip, Agriculture, Food
New York cotton futures traded sideways this week, as December moved up 65 points to close at 64.67 cents. Since trading at a low of 62.02 cents on August 1, trading has turned a lot more two-sided, as new trade buying has emerged and ...
There was a lot of talk in the market this week about death, dead cat bounces, flat lining, etc. Well, honestly it was a dead market. The range was tight with only a 38 point drop from last Friday’s settle and volumes weren’t ...
Some enterprises have already ended their company holidays. In conjunction with the development of prices which had turned to slightly increase this led to a rising number of inquiries for usual varieties. Since movements on the futures ...
Tags: CIF Bremen Index, Rising Interest, Textile
U.S. farmers have planted a whale of a soybean crop this year, and if that crop reaches fruition, it'll keep the bears fed for some time, analysts and traders say after soaking up Monday's USDA Quarterly Grain Stocks and June Acreage ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Soybean, Corn
Daily purchases from China's state reserve have fallen in recent weeks amidst market perceptions that reserve sale prices may be lowered, competition from foreign cotton, and the prospect of new-crop cotton offered below the current reserve ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Textile
After the difference between July and December futures had shrunk again, the New York cotton futures have lastly experienced a considerable stabilization. Price influencing factors like position adjustments of institutional investors ...
Tags: Cotton, CIF Bremen
Futures prices continued to tumble this week, as negative fundamental and technical factors exerted additional downward pressure on the market. Abundant rainfall in West Texas over the Memorial Day weekend could potentially add 1.5-2.0 ...
Tags: Cotton, Cotton Futures
During the last couple of days, all indices mainly followed the New York futures development. Despite nice U.S. export data and once again reduced stocks of high qualities, the surprisingly good rainfalls in Texas as well as the planting ...
Tags: Cotton, Cotton Prices
The CIF Bremen as well as the Cotlook A index decreased further little by little during the reported week. It has been assumed that the even more considerable weakness of the New York futures was provoked by adjustments of fund positions. ...
Tags: Cotton, New York futures
Corn use in the U.S. has slipped lower in recent months, and that's got USDA opening up a slightly lower price range looking further into the 2013-2014 marketing year. That's according to Friday's monthly USDA World Agricultural Supply and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn, Soybean
ICE Cotton futures gained almost 100 pts this week basis the N4 to settle at 93.25 c/lbs. Thursday was the soon-to-expire K4 contract's First Notice Day, which was preceded by a large drop in OI via EFP and EFS transactions, rumored to be ...