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Cotton arrivals are early. Ginners are not ready.

A warm spring pulled the crop forward by nearly three weeks. The processing chain did not move with it.

Arrivals have come in nearly three weeks ahead of the usual window.

Ginning capacity is scheduled around the normal calendar, and much of it is still in maintenance.

The mismatch is showing up as queueing at the yards and softer prices for early arrivals.

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