by Libbie Johnson | Feb 7, 2020
This report summarizes results from the 2019 cotton demonstration variety trial at the West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, Florida. It shows the performance of 17 cotton varieties. This data represents only one year. Results should be considered over...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 31, 2020
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Last winter and spring, cotton futures prices were above 75 cents for most of that time and nearer 80 cents. Some growers took advantage and priced a portion of expected 2019 production. Some growers did not...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 17, 2020
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Old crop March futures closed over 71 cents today—the highest closing daily price in 8 months. How thankful we are as an industry for the recovery we’ve experienced when we once thought all was lost. Prices have...
by Ethan Carter | Jan 17, 2020
Over the last several years, many states across the Midwest and South have received extensive calls related to dicamba injury of sensitive crops from drift when it was used in over-the-top applications to fields of tolerant cotton and soybean. In 2018, the EPA called...
by external | Dec 20, 2019
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Slowly, the cotton market appears to be pulling out of the doldrums. The signs and signals are improving and, if actually realized, the timing certainly could not be better. Prices advanced to a high of almost...
by Michael Mulvaney | Dec 13, 2019
Irrigation is expensive. And there are a lot of non-irrigated or “dryland” acres across the Panhandle. 2019 was characterized by persistent drought stress for much of the season (see below). So in a dry year like 2019, what are you supposed to do to manage...
