The Department of Agriculture on Friday lowered its yield and production forecast for both corn and cotton, sending futures prices up for both commodities. “The markets are in a shake-and-bake mode,” ...

The Agriculture Department, along with major agribusiness firms and foundations, are joining with U.S. cotton growers in a series of efforts aimed at filling a growing global demand for textiles that ...

The government’s forecast for cotton farm prices during the current marketing year is below many farmers’ cost of production. USDA’s Cotton Outlook, presented during last week’s Agricultural Outlook ...

USDA’s first Crop Progress report of the season was released earlier this week. It revealed U.S. growers are running behind planting this year’s cotton crop. One meteorologist says drought may be a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks nominations of domestic cotton producers from Arizona, Georgia and Texas and importers of cotton and cotton-containing products for positions on the ...

Cotton futures are down 60 to 70 points so far on Friday, as USDA’s production cut didn’t go quite far enough for the bulls. The outside markets are mixed, with the crude oil down 53 cents /barrel and ...

Cotton futures are showing 98 to 138 point gains so far on Tuesday, as bulls are finding some steam with the help from a USDA acreage cut. The US dollar index is back down $0.511 to $97.850, as crude ...

PLC is a price-based commodity assistance program with payment rates based on the difference between the marketing year average crop price and a target reference price. For seed cotton, PLC payments ...

Texas Tech and the U.S. Department of Agriculture celebrated, signed agreements for, and broke ground on a new cotton classing facility set to go on the Tech campus. This is the first partnership ...