Cotton production
Monthly Cotton Economic Letter: July 2023
Questions continue to loom from the demand side of the balance sheet.
Monthly Economic Letter: June 2023
Movement in NY/ICE futures was erratic, but most cotton benchmarks were rangebound over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: May 2023
For the 2023/24 crop year, the USDA forecasts a slight 664,000 bale decrease in production and a large 6.6…
Monthly Economic Letter: March 2023
Most cotton benchmarks moved slightly lower over the past month.
World Cotton Production Shows Nuanced Shifts
The latest USDA report showed a small decrease in 2021-2022 world production, down 300,000 bales to 119.9…
Where Does All the World’s Cotton Come From?
Representing an estimated 25 percent share of the global fiber market, cotton is grown on six continents.
ICAC Sees Troubled Waters for Global Cotton Production
The ICAC warned that a decline in world cotton production and unfavorable weather conditions could lead to…
Trio Chosen from International Space Station Cotton Sustainability Challenge
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space has chosen three projects from its Cotton Sustainability…
Lifting of State of Emergency in Ethiopia Could Open Door for Sourcing
The Ethiopian government's lifting of a 10-month-long national state of emergency should help put it back on…
US Cotton Production to Fall 18%, China 19%
The United States will likely see an 18 percent dip in cotton production for the 2015/16 season since harvest…
Better Cotton Initiative Names Alan McClay as New CEO
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), the nonprofit that promotes responsible global standards for cotton…
Cotton Prices Plunge 7% in May
After rising slightly in the first few days of May, cotton prices spent the following three weeks dropping at…
Kenyan Gov’t Pledges to Restore Textile Industry
As Africa’s profile as a sourcing destination rises, Kenya is advertising its virtues as a future player in…
Cotton Production Will Drop, But Still Exceed Consumption
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made its first cotton forecast for 2013-2014.....
Global Cotton Production to Decline Over the Next Two Years
Cotton production worldwide will decline by 11 percent over the next two years, according to a HYPERLINK…