THERE AND BACK AGAIN

• Published in: Cotton Grower Vol. 46; no. 10; p. 9
• Main Author: Stiles, Scott
• Format: Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Willoughby Meister Media Worldwide 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Alternative energy; Cotton; Cotton ginning; Crude oil; Energy economics; Ethanol; Farm buildings; Futures market; Marketing; Soybeans; Stocks; Supply & demand; US exports; United States > US

IN SOME respects the fundamentals of the cotton market today are similar to those óf the mid-1990s. World ending stocks for 2010/11 are projected to be 42.2 million bales; the lowest since 1995. The World stocks-to-use ratio (36%) has fallen to the lowest level since 1993. However, U.S. ending stock...