Doane Daily Cotton Commentary

DTN: Opening Cotton | Closing Cotton

COTTON NEWS:

Doane: Cotton closed strongly lower Fri., 10-24: Heavy selling hit markets amid concerns that economic outlook could be darker still. (Read More)

Closing Cotton, 10-24: Heightened Recession Fears Haunt Cotton (Read More)

Virginia Cotton, 10-24: Price Fallout - Safety Nets in Place (Read More)

Opening Cotton, 10-24: Cotton Plunges As Outside Markets Dive (Read More)

Keith Good's Farm Policy News, 10-24: Economy (Inflationary Concerns Subside), Food Aid-Prices, Doha (Ashton Comments), and Campaign Issues. (Read More)

Jurgens Bauer's Cotton Commentary, 10-24: Not Sure What is Going on in Cotton. (Read More)

Texas Crop and Weather Report, 10-22: Cool, wet weather slows cotton (Read More)

Florida Agronomy Notes, November: Cotton defoliation; wheat planting (Read More)

Georgia Seminole Crop E-News, 10-20: Good cotton picking weather; whiteflies a problem for late-planted soybeans; plan ahead before planting wheat (Read More)

Cotton farmers sue after Reinhart bankruptcy filing, 10-18: 200 or so farmers filed suit against Reinhart and eight banks (Read More)

Field Notes (Central Miss.), 10-20: What happened to the optimism? (Read More)

Nunn Cotton Letter, 10-19: Friday's close was the first positive in weeks. (Read More)

Georgia Cotton Marketing News, 10-17: For many farmers, cotton still crop of choice in non-irrigated situations (REVSION: beginning of 3rd paragraph -- prices have "dropped around 20 cents since late August", not 30 cents) (Read More)

Mississippi Ag Report, 10-17: Cotton production; rice area harvested; grain stocks; winter wheat acreage; catfish county estimates; catfish imports and exports; pecans. (Read More)

Georgia: UGA Research Helps Farmers 'Hire' the Best Cotton, 10-16: What do plants really do during the growing season? (Read More)

Reinhart Cotton, 10-4: East Arkansas cotton middleman plans lawsuit against merchant (Read More)

Virginia:

Cotton on Cruise Control

By Johnny Parker, Agronomist

Commonwealth Gin, Windsor, Virginia

August 18, 2008 - The cotton crop is now moving in towards the calm part of the growing season.  Generally insects have been addressed and overall, we have maintained a medium amount of bollworm pressure and low stinkbug numbers. 

All of the Widestrike and Bollguard II varieties should be safe from worms and should mainly be checked for stinkbug damage and stinkbugs especially if it has not been treated in August.  The Bollguard I varieties are primarily only susceptible to worms through the bloom tags.  If you have any non Bt cotton that is still blooming heavily, then it should be monitored for another 10 days or so for worm infestations due to the relatively strong moth flight that continues. 

Typically the cotton is pretty safe for a good two to three weeks following the second spray and should primarily be checked for actual live worms getting established rather than eggs during the second half of August. 

The chance of rain improves towards the end of the week with a fairly good chance of rain developing by the weekend.  Overall the cotton appears better than average.  Some fields look outstanding.