Cotton Falling Lower at Midday, with Oil a Pressure Factor

Cotton futures are down 145 to 168 points so far at Tuesday’s midday. The outside factors are pressure, with crude oil down $4.86 to $86.44/barrels. The US dollar index is down $0.089 at $99.935. Monday afternoon’s Crop Progress showed 77% of the US cotton crop planted as of Sunday, matching...