Cotton Marketing News: February Numbers are No Valentine

Cotton Marketing News: February Numbers are No Valentine

Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist USDA’s February supply/demand estimates were nothing to be excited about and are moving in the wrong direction.  The 2025 US crop was unchanged from last month’s estimate.  There was no change in acreage, yield, or...
Is More Bridge Assistance Really Needed for Crop Farmers?

Is More Bridge Assistance Really Needed for Crop Farmers?

Bart Fischer and Joe Outlaw, Southern Ag Today, February 5, 2026 While farmers have been dealing with inflation in input costs since the onset of COVID-19, relatively high commodity prices (in large measure resulting from the war in Ukraine) helped blunt the pain...
Pine Sawtimber Prices Soften as Pine Pulpwood Continues to Fall

Pine Sawtimber Prices Soften as Pine Pulpwood Continues to Fall

Yanshu Li,  Southern Ag Today January 26, 2026 Southern Timber Market Update In the fourth quarter of 2025, average pine sawtimber stumpage prices across the South softened further. Pine sawtimber averaged $23.23/ton, about 6% lower than a year ago and 10% below its...