by Doug Mayo | Apr 22, 2016
Lately, it seems everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. If we were playing backyard football, the cotton market would get called a penalty for piling on. Growers are frustrated. Some growers and agribusinesses are hurting financially after a tough 2015, and...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 8, 2016
US cotton growers say they intend to plant 9.56 million acres this year. We’ve likely all seen or heard the numbers by now so there’s little reason to plow that ground again. Prior to USDA’s Prospective Plantings report yesterday, there were at least two other...
by Michael Mulvaney | Apr 1, 2016
Dr. Michael J. Mulvaney, Cropping Systems Specialist, WFREC, Jay, FL Environmentally Smart Nitrogen (ESN) is a polymer-coated urea formulated as 44-0-0. The reason it contains 2% less nitrogen (N) than urea (which is 46-0-0) is due to the weight of the polymer...
by Ethan Carter | Mar 18, 2016
Jackson County Extension hosted the 2016 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Extension Specialists from Florida, Georgia, and Alabama came to relay new and pertinent information concerning crops to farmers. Attendees were able to attain CEUs...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 11, 2016
In the 1960’s, a popular TV show “Lost in Space” chronicled the adventures of the “space family Robinson” whose space ship was thrown off course by a meteor shower. Oddly, one of my favorite characters on the show was the Robot. When there was danger present, the...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 19, 2016
February has thus far been a brutal month for cotton prices. Old crop May16 futures prices have lost 4 cents per pound and new crop Dec16 futures have lost over 3½ cents. This represents a 6% loss in value just within the past 10 days or so. Both old crop and new crop...
