2024 UGA Crop Comparison Tool and Crop Specific Budgets

2024 UGA Crop Comparison Tool and Crop Specific Budgets

Row crop farmers have an annual challenge of deciding which crops to grow in their rotation and how to utilize the land in their care this year.  There is a great decision tool, provided by the University of Georgia, that is updated on an annual basis prior to the...
Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update – February 2

Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update – February 2

Farmers from throughout the tri-state area are invited to attend the 3rd annual Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update, on Friday, February 2nd, at the Washington County Agricultural Center, in Chipley FL. As the name implies, this event will focus exclusively on the...
2023 Average Farmland Rent and Farm-Worker Wages

2023 Average Farmland Rent and Farm-Worker Wages

  Discussions about money can be awkward in almost every type of relationship, but even more so between landowners and farmers, or employers and employees.  As we begin 2024, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about renewing leases and farmland...
Friday Feature:  John Deere Farm Equipment Videos for Kids

Friday Feature: John Deere Farm Equipment Videos for Kids

This week’s featured video comes from John Deere’s YouTube channel made especially for kids, called John Deere Kids.  The tractor video I selected to highlight was one of the shorter ones, but the videos on this channel could be fun ways to share farming...
Cotton Marketing News – Demand Questions as Prices Stabilize

Cotton Marketing News – Demand Questions as Prices Stabilize

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Cotton prices (March 24 futures) have made a bit of a recovery since the most recent dip and low to the 78-79 cents area.  While far from a “happy place”, hopefully this signals that prices have recovered, trying...