https://agfax.com/2018/09/17/north-carolina-cotton-potential-impacts-of-hurricane-florence/
Preliminary reports indicate cotton crop damage ranging from catastrophic to very little, primarily depending on geography and intensity of hurricane wind and rain, but we will know more as time elapses. Below are some observations from previous experience with hurricanes.
https://www.southeastfarmpress.com/weather/south-carolina-ag-commissioner-survey-florence-damage
South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers on Tuesday will join farmers and members of the state’s congressional delegation on a helicopter tour to survey crop damage throughout the state due to Tropical Depression Florence.
The tour is expected to concentrate on Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry and Williamsburg counties, where cotton and soybean crops – abundant in those areas – were most at risk for wind damage from the storm.
“Timing is everything with a storm like Florence, and the timing was particularly bad for our cotton farmers, who are telling us their crops took a hit from the high winds,” said Commissioner Weathers. “Because soybeans are a month or two from harvest, they may incur less damage. We’ll know more when official assessments take place this week.”
Big down day today due to the combo of leftover bearishness from last week's USDA and new China tariffs implemented today by the Trump admin along with China doing the same to the US:
"DTN Closing Cotton 09/18 13:49
Cotton Closes Sharply Lower on Speculative Exodus
By Keith Brown
DTN Cotton Contributing Analyst
December cotton closed sharply lower as speculators liquidated their massive
long positions amid new sanctions on China. Tuesday, the Trump Administration
implemented a 10% tariff on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods,
with a promise to add the other 15% later in the calendar. China responded with
a $60 billion tariff of her own on U.S. imports. "