2024 UGA Crop Comparison Tool and Crop Specific Budgets

2024 UGA Crop Comparison Tool and Crop Specific Budgets

Row crop farmers have an annual challenge of deciding which crops to grow in their rotation and how to utilize the land in their care this year.  There is a great decision tool, provided by the University of Georgia, that is updated on an annual basis prior to the...
Friday Feature:  Autonomous Irrigation Unit for Row Crops

Friday Feature: Autonomous Irrigation Unit for Row Crops

This week’s featured video shares an innovation for crop irrigation.  Rain 360 is an autonomous (self-driving) irrigation unit that can apply up to 1/2″ of water per week in a 160-acre field, 3/4″ per week in a 100-acre field, or 1″ per week in...
Introducing the New UF Silage Hybrid Decision Tool

Introducing the New UF Silage Hybrid Decision Tool

  Marcelo Wallau, Diwakar Vyas and Ashley Kuhn, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Corn and sorghum silages are among the most important feedstuffs for the dairy industry in the state, and they have been gaining interest with beef cattle producers as well. Selection of...
USDA Commodity Costs and Return Estimates

USDA Commodity Costs and Return Estimates

Source: USDA Economic Research Service Cost and return estimates are reported for the United States and major production regions for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, peanuts, oats, barley, milk, hogs, and cow-calf. The series of commodity cost and...