# COTTON SPIN: Kicking the can down the muddy road

> Texas AgriLife's John Robinson reports that wet El Niño-influenced weather has disrupted US cotton and corn planting, especially in the Southern Plains and Midwest. New-crop corn futures rallied while new-crop cotton stayed range-bound, and the June USDA WASDE left US cotton numbers unchanged.

- Date: 2019-06-21 · published 2019-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58505-cotton-spin-kicking-the-can-down-the-muddy-road
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Prevented planting and acreage cuts tighten the expected corn supply and support corn prices, while cottonseed meal supply may shrink with lower cotton acres.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-04-01 | [Rolling the dice on weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71338-rolling-the-dice-on-weather.md) | -0.9% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2023-06-01 | [May 2023 ENSO update: El Niño knocking on the door](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35865-may-2023-enso-update-el-nino-knocking-on-the-door.md) | -2.2% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2022-08-09 | [Coping with high feed prices, drought in 2022
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40182-coping-with-high-feed-prices-drought-in-2022-the-cattle-site.md) | +2.0% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2025-09-18 | [Central Brazil May Get Widespread Rain Next Week, Likely Kicking Off Wet Season Rainfall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13471-central-brazil-may-get-widespread-rain-next-week-likely-kicking-off-wet-season.md) | -0.6% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-08-13 | [Day 1: Record Spring Rainfall Weighs Down Yields in Kansas, Missouri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57437-day-1-record-spring-rainfall-weighs-down-yields-in-kansas-missouri.md) | -3.3% | -8.2% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/cotton/cotton-spin-kicking-the-can-down-the-muddy-road

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