The price of everything is on the upswing, not just cotton. Here in our area of TX, the cotton crop is very sparse, some farmers have already plowed it under...others are getting one module per area that produced 4 last year....if they are lucky. Less than 20 miles away, beautiful crops...they got more rain...so, the crop is bad this year (remember Japan lost most of theirs this year)..But, I think t here is ample supply from years past...next year...if we continue with this drout...then prices will go up. If they are up now...it's the manufacturer's of the fabrics trying to determine what they will be in for next year.
Peanut butter...that will go way up...our growers got hit hard this year...ugly crop...that's not a fluke... we knew it before it was ever mentioned. We don't farm...but we live in a farming area...and we feel for the farmers here.
Back to cotton... Sparse cotton crop...lowers the income for the farmers, the harvesters, the trucks that transport to the gin, the gin workers, and our local shops & stores...no money to spend this year.
We are on a fixed income...so, we will be ok...but those farmers around us...going to be a tough year...praying next year will be better. So glad our lives aren't dependant on our next crop...I have two very brown thumbs!
Originally Posted by jad1044
I read an article just this past week or so saying cotton will be coming down in price, as will fabric as the cotton crop was quite viable to assure lower prices; now I know that contradicts what the lady in Texas said, but this might have been a report from another part of the country- but no, unless it would be a special quilt that I felt I had to make for a family member - I would not pay over $10 a yard for the fabric! I will use up my whole stash before paying that price.