by Doug Mayo | Jan 19, 2018
New crop Dec18 futures now stand at over 75 cents. The reasons for much better prices seem fairly obvious, but what has been somewhat surprising is the strength of the uptrend. Prices have now improved 5 to 6 cents or about 8 to 9% since the most recent “plateau” at...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 1, 2017
Back in May, when most of the 2017 cotton crop still remained to be planted, USDA released its first supply and demand projections for the 2017 crop marketing year. That first projection for total World use was 115.75 million bales. That was back in May. The most...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 20, 2017
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Last week, I visited an “apple house” in north Georgia. On this day, there were 3 or 4 bus loads of kids there also—touring the orchards, petting animals, and eating all sorts of yummy stuff. In the store, you could buy...
by Ethan Carter | Oct 13, 2017
After back to back mild winters, the 2017 growing season has been a banner year for pests. Prolonged cold weather normally diminishes pest populations, but this year pests of all types survived winter with populations that have increased dramatically. Most of the...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 13, 2017
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist The marketing assistance loan (MAL) is an important tool used by many producers and marketing associations in cotton pricing and risk management. In addition to research and farmer education, I teach courses in commodity...
by Zane Grabau | Sep 29, 2017
I’ve had the opportunity to visit a number of grower fields this summer to assess potential nematode damage and I’ve often been asked this question: “Why is nematode damage worse in one section of a field than another, or worse in one field than another one...
