by external | Dec 10, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Uncertainty and panic over the OMICRON variant caused the cotton market, along with many other commodities, to drop significantly in price over the past 2 weeks. Cotton began this week to stabilize and try...
by Pratap Devkota | Nov 19, 2021
Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, FL In the Florida Panhandle, peanut is the major crop that is grown in close proximity to cotton and soybeans. As such, there is potential for peanut plants to be exposed to...
by external | Nov 12, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Today’s USDA reports were mostly neutral to either slightly bearish or slightly bullish depending on your viewpoint. Regardless, prices took off anyway. There are some factors in play that production and...
by external | Oct 29, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics I don’t want to bore you with numbers, but understanding at least a few numbers helps to try to decipher this market. Where we have been and where we might be going? Let’s first understand the history and...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 29, 2021
There was a wide range of new and innovative machinery and equipment on display at the recent Sunbelt Ag Expo. One that generated a good deal of excitement was John Deere’s brand new CP 770 six-row Cotton Picker. According to John Deere, “the all-new...
by Ethan Carter | Oct 1, 2021
Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, David Wright, UF/IFAS Agronomist, & Mark Mauldin, Washington County Extension Ag Agent It’s that time of year again, cotton defoliation is hot on the heels of peanut harvest. Many farmers are in the middle of...
