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USDA’ s cotton crop progress ratings for the week ended Aug. 29.
Strong demand for cotton will push the new-crop annual average price to a new record high despite anticipated record-high global cotton production.
See the official cotton numbers.
USDA’ s cotton planting progress ratings for the week ended May 2.
USDA’ s cotton planting progress ratings for the week ended May 9.
USDA’ s cotton progress and condition ratings for the week ended Aug. 8.
Percent squaring is well above average; not so for boll setting.
“I think this points us in the right direction and it shows us what the trend is going to be,” says Chip Flory, AgriTalk host.
USDA is currently projecting near-record yields for the 2018 corn and soybean crops, but whether or not that actually comes to fruition will depend on nighttime temperatures here on out.
One of the biggest surprises in the USDA World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report came in the adjustments to Chinese corn stocks.
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