by external | Aug 23, 2024
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Over the past 3 months, prices (December futures) have made 4 consecutive lower lows—rallies followed by a subsequent decline to lower than where the market was before the rally. This week, prices pushed, and actually...
by external | Aug 15, 2024
Source: Menard, R. James, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Changes in Average Age of Producers in Southern States, 2017 and 2022. Southern Ag Today 4(32.5). August 9, 2024 USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) Census of...
by external | Aug 9, 2024
Source: Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, Oklahoma Cow-Calf Corner Newsletter, August 5, 2024 Coming into 2024, the beef cow herd is at a 63-year low – the smallest beef cow inventory since 1961. This has pushed...
by external | Aug 9, 2024
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Source: Text from presentation on the Here We Grow podcast,, Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, Episode #29, forthcoming, taped Aug 7, 2024. There’s no doubt and everyone knows that cotton prices have been...
by external | Aug 2, 2024
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist As expected, the disorganized mass of thunderstorms that recently developed in the Atlantic is becoming more organized and has been designated as Investigation 97L (likely to be called...
