by Doug Mayo | Jan 20, 2023
The holiday season is over, family and friends have gone back home, the holiday decorations have been put away. College football crowned a new champion and a new farming year has begun. Planting season is coming fast, but January is what I call, “Decision...
by external | Jan 20, 2023
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics 2022 (Old crop), March futures are currently in the neighborhood of 82¢/lb. and continue in a pretty much sideways pattern mostly between 80 and 86¢. The more optimistic upside appears to be at 90¢. I’d put the...
by Molly Jameson | Jan 13, 2023
As anyone who has developed a new skill knows, there is no better way to learn than by doing. This is why the farmers within the Red Hills Small Farm Alliance (RHSFA) started the first Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) chapter in...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 16, 2022
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 close out 2022, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about renewing leases and...
by external | Dec 16, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics We’ve learned and experienced the evidence of how crop markets, especially cotton it seems, can be impacted by “secondary” factors on the demand side. Factors that one may think have little or nothing to do with...
by external | Nov 18, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Prices have rebounded from the low of 72 cents back on October 31. December futures are now back over 80 cents—prompting optimism that better times could be on the way. = The area around 90 cents...
