by Zane Grabau | May 25, 2018
Authors: Zane Grabau, UF/IFAS Nemotologist, Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Regional Crop IPM Agent, and Mark Mauldin, Washington County Extension Agent Plant-parasitic nematodes are a major pest for cotton and peanut in the Southeast. New or re-introduced non-fumigant...
by Doug Mayo | May 18, 2018
Last week (May 10,2018) USDA released its monthly crop production and supply and demand estimates. Each year, the May report contains the first projections for the upcoming new crop year. Here is a summary of major points for both 2017 old crop, and 2018 new crop....
by Ian Small | Apr 27, 2018
Authors: Dan Geller, Ben Christ, Wendy-Lin Bartels, Bill Hubbard, Sheeja George, Ian Small, David Wright This Spring, both farmers and researchers in the Southeast United States are at work. Inside the farm gate, producers are taking advantage of every opportunity to...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 27, 2018
Eighty-cent cotton is within sight. Prices (December futures) trended down last week, but rebounded on Thursday and Friday—closing at 79.43 cents. December 2018 futures broke 79 cents for the first time, and gained 52 points for the week. Some producers began and...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 13, 2018
A tariff is a fee assessed on imports. The tariff is a per-unit charge that has to be paid to the government by whomever brings the good across the border, and into the country. Assuming this fee is passed on by the importer, the impact of a tariff is to increase...
