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Cotton AWP/LDP 09/27 08:22

27 Sep 2024
Cotton AWP/LDP 09/27 08:22 Weekly cotton Fine Count Price and Adjustment data. Adj LFQ as | Fine Fine % of LFQ | Count Count ELS Price USPFE | Adj Adj Adj Loan USPFE Adj For Less | World 2023 2024 CCA LDP Date Rate Price Quality LFQ |Date Price Crop** Crop** 09/19 149.69 168.80 165.00 3.80 | 09/27 61.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 08/22 141.44 160.00 158.00 2.00 | 09/20 61.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 07/25 141.44 170.00 158.00 12.00 | 09/13 56.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 06/27 141.44 175.00 158.00 17.00 | 09/06 57.27 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 | | TBA - To Be Announced na - Not available at this time **Fine Count Adjustment cannot be less than zero. NA = not available. The adjusted LFQ = LFQ adjusted for the transportation cost between the United States and the Far East. Source: USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) and USDA Commodity Credit Corporation Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton competitiveness payments are provided whenever, for 4 consecutive weeks, the lowest Friday through Thursday average adjusted price quotation for foreign growths (LFQ) is less than the Friday through Thursday average price quotation for U.S. Pima cotton, CFR Far East (USPFE); and the adjusted LFQ is less than 113 percent of the current 2022 crop year loan level for ELS cotton grade 2, staple 46, micronaire 3.5 or higher, strength 37.5 grams per tex and above (95.00 cents per pound). Future payments will be established if price conditions warrant.