by Ethan Carter | Nov 15, 2019
The second week of November has finally brought cold temperatures to the Panhandle, something needed to kill regrowth in cotton fields. The past several years we have had increasingly warm winters with few to no hard freezes. As a result, pest populations that would...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 8, 2019
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Since the summer lows around the 58-cent level, cotton prices (Dec19 futures) have managed to fight through all the negatives and unknowns and trended back up—to the 65-66 cents range. Prices have gained about...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 18, 2019
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Cotton growers, in the midst of the harvest season, are waiting for prices to show some improvement before pricing any remaining portions of the crop. While the seesaw action in price continues, it increasingly...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 11, 2019
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...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 4, 2019
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Recently, I have often been asked if cotton prices are going to get better. It’s a tough question and no one knows the answer. There are positive scenarios that would push price up but the market continues to...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 4, 2019
This week’s featured video was produced by the Texas County Reporter. Bob and Kelli Phillips travel across Texas sharing stories about interesting people and places in the Lone Star State. Their videos feature oddball collectors, thought-provoking artists, and...
