cotton prices to SOAR even higher...
 

today India announced that is will no longer export their cotton or cotton goods! Sent prices of cotton through the roof for sure.... stock up on undies, socks, sheets, towels, etc now! Then worry about your stash!

Can't read the story without registering at the site :(

Had the same problem as Lucy In The Sky.

Sorry to disagree but the futures market only showed a 4 percent increase in trading on Cotton. I commented in an earlier thread on th is subject.. that the markets have been trading significantly lower than the record high of $2.21 per pound ... the markets had been treading in the recent month at .94 cents per pound..
The cost of raw cotton is only partially impacting the finished costs to the consumer, since the raw cotton makes up only about 20 - 25% of the finished costs. The commodity that will be more wide sweeping in the impact on prices is oil, it affects every single step of the process from planting, fertizing, transport to mill, transport to print,to warehouse to store ... etc.
The cotton futures market has a long way to go from .94 per pound ( what the futures traded today) till it hits the all time high ( over a year ago of $2.21) per pound.

all of this information is good to know about

Guess I better go shopping.

The recent storms in the south will have an effect on the cotton prices

no they won't , there is nothing in the fields yet!

I just googled it, and this story came up...I did not register anywhere!

try this one from Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...r-says-1-.html

Just talked to my DH - we raise registered Angus cattle and I remembered that he said that there was "cotton" in the cattle feed - so I asked him about it - seems that they grind up the cotton seeds/hulls - what is left after the cotton is removed from the "balls/bolls" of cotton that you see on the plants. He says that is has lots of protein in it. Just for your information.

It sounds from the article almost like it's an internal government struggle within India's ministry, especially the part about the ban. It doesn't do they're country any good not to export as that is a major source of income for them it's not like there are a lot of items being produced in that country.

The bottom line is the cost of everything is going up it just depends on who it's getting blamed on right now we're blaming the high costs of things because of the high gas prices. I will continue to still shop around for fabric at reasonable rates and continue to build up my stash. I've only got 2 boxes of it so far - not nearly done yet lol

Everything is going up.. ..... I can only imagine that one day 'doomsday prepping' will be the norm.... what a funny show that is.. lol..