Cotton Market Comments

Dr. Carl Anderson, Cotton Marketing Analyst, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University, writes his monthly comments from the “Macro world” down to the farm level and addresses all points in between. His comments usually coincide with USDA’s monthly release of WASDE estimates.

▸ Foreign Stocks Revised Upward

Past Cotton Market Comments

▸ Cotton Supply Plentiful

▸ Support for Higher Price Weak

▸ Volatile Market Price Challenges Marketing Skills

▸ Increased Supply, Decreased Demand and Lower Price

▸ Market Looking for Direction

▸ Increased Plantings Offsets

▸ Record Price Expected to Increase Supply

▸ The 2010/11 Cotton Supply Scarce

▸ Planted Acreage & Weather Conditions Drive Market

▸ Cotton Supply Remains Scarce

▸ Dollar a Pound Cotton

▸ Cotton Prices toward $1.00 per Pound

▸ Price Strong Despite Weak Economic Activity

▸ World Cotton Stocks Lowest in Fifteen Years

▸ The 2010/11 World Cotton Crop Could Far Exceed Use

▸ Tight Cotton Supply Could Ease by Fall

▸ Projected Plantings Close to Expectations

▸ Big Crop and Lower Price

▸ Decreased Supplies and Increased Mill Use Support

▸ Expect Large Increase in World Stocks

▸ Increased Foreign Production Offsets U.S. Crop

Foreign Stocks Revised Upward

The April USDA forecast raised world ending stocks substantially and reduced production and consumption slightly. Where world carryover stocks of 4.5 to 5.0 months use are sufficient, carryover from the 2011/12 season is expected to exceed 7 months of use..

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