The rains have been abundant in most of the cotton growing areas. However, in certain parts of Rajasthan and Haryana, there may have been some damages to the cotton crop, informs the latest fortnightly report from the Indian Cotton ...
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Given the predicted 1.8 million tons of surplus cotton production and changes in China’s cotton policy, prices are unlikely to rise to the levels seen in the last two seasons, says a report of the International Cotton Advisory ...
For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
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With a few exceptions from minor rainfall in spots in the Corn Belt, a weather window's expected to stay open through the next few days, allowing corn harvest to advance and soybean drydown to continue. Meanwhile, the drier pattern will ...
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This may be the year to keep as much of your newly harvested corn close to home. Declining corn market prices make paying for commercial storage or selling straight out of the field far from ideal scenarios, making on-farm storage a more ...
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While plastics and bioplastics continue slogging it out to develop the most sustainable plastic options, one company has developed a packaging form that makes plastic redundant. Material science company, Ecovative, has created a new class ...
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Subsidies to the cotton industry have declined in 2013/14 compared to a year earlier, according to a new report released by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC). The report titled ‘Production and Trade Policies ...
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The general trend in the German cotton market remained unchanged during the week. Purchasers enjoyed closing contracts at potentially lower quotations of the new crop, the latest Bremen Cotton Exchange report reveals. Thus, industry and ...
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The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
As expected, the U.S. corn and soybean crop condition ratings have been left unchanged from a week ago, according to the USDA Crop Progress Report Monday. For corn, the USDA rated the crop as 74% good/excellent, equal to a week ago and ...
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The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) should once again be asked to play the price stabilization role, in addition to the support price role, The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (Texprocil) has said. Addressing a press ...
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The WASDE and Crop Production Reports estimate record average yields for both corn and soybeans. Those big numbers make a bearish boom in the oversupplied markets. The USDA reports that average U.S. corn yields are 171.7 compared to ...
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If our cotton could talk, it would describe the extraordinary people behind its growth and cultivation. Our farmers are passionate: about their work, their crops and their communities. They are devoted to transforming an element from ...
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The number of inquiries increased slightly in the medium staple range in the German cotton market during the week and in contrast to last week, quotations remained relatively stable, a report from the Bremen Cotton Exchange reveals. ...
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Corn prices continue to be dominated by expectations of a very large U.S. harvest. The USDA will release a new forecast of the size of the crop on September 11. The market expectation is that the new forecast will be about 250 million ...
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