
Cotton futures are pushing off the early weakness on Wednesday with gains of 60 to 75 points at midday. The US dollar index is $0.614 lower at $99.140. Crude Oil is weaker, down $1.56 as the Middle East situation has cooled off after a post from President Trump suggested Iran is looking for a ceasefire.
March Prospective Plantings data from Tuesday morning showed cotton acres seen at 9.64 million acres this spring. That was a 409,000 increase from estimates and would be 357,000 acres above a year ago.