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Cotton futures are showing slight 4 to 20 point losses across most front months on Thursday. The US dollar index is back up $0.117 to $98.100, as crude oil futures are steady at midday. Weekly Export Sales data showed a total of net reductions of 17,172 RB in the week...

Cotton futures are up 36 points in the October contracts on Wednesday, with other cotnracts down 7 to 10 points. The US dollar index was back down $0.041 to $98.545, as crude oil futures were another $1.15/barrel lower. Following threats of increased tariffs if India doesn’t stop purchasing Russian oil,...

Cotton futures are up 22 to 28 points a midday. The US dollar index was back down $0.375 to $98.545, as crude oil futures are another $1/barrel lower. OPEC+ announced another production hike of 547,000 barrels per day in September. CFTC data showed spec funds in cotton futures and options...

Cotton futures are showing weakness pushing lower into the weekend, with contracts down 67 to 78 points as the outside factors are mixed. The US dollar index is back down $0.938 to $99.805, as crude oil futures are $1.85/barrel lower. Export Sales data has cotton sales commitments at 11.807 million...

Cotton futures are trading with 3 to 18 point losses at the Thursday midday, as outside markets are continuing to add pressure. The US dollar index is up $0.169 to $99.770, as crude oil futures are 74 cents/barrel higher. This morning’s Export Sales report indicated a total of 39,124 RB...

Lean hog futures are trading with gains of a nickel to 30 cents across most contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was up $2.48 from the previous day, at $111.82 this morning. The CME Lean Hog Index was up a dime at $110.51 on July 29. Export Sales...

A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria.

The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic base for external operations,” U.N. experts said in a new report

Cotton futures are feeling more pressure so far on Wednesday, down 29 to 52 points at midday. Pressure is coming from a $0.588 gain in the US dollar index to $99.235. Crude oil futures are 98 cents/barrel higher. On Wednesday morning, President Trump posted that tariffs on India will rise...