Cotton Fading Lower on Wednesday, as USDA Hikes Acreage

Written on 08/12/2026
Austin Schroeder

Cotton futures are trading with contracts 60 to 70 points lower across most contracts so far on Wednesday. Crude oil is up just a penny per barrel, with the US dollar index $0.075 higher. USDA’s Crop Production report from this morning showed cotton down just 90,000 bales to 13.61 million...Cotton via Amber Martin via Unsplash