Cotton Fading Lower on Wednesday, as USDA Hikes Acreage

Written on 08/13/2026
Austin Schroeder

Cotton futures saw strength on Wednesday, with contracts 8 to 48 points higher, as December was the lone holdout, down a tick. Crude oil was down just 62 cents per barrel, with the US dollar index $0.140 higher. USDA’s Crop Production report from this morning showed cotton down just 90,000...Cotton on dry branch by Marianne Krohn via Unsplash