by Hannah Baker | Oct 4, 2024
September 2024 The summer and fall months are when a majority of producers are selling spring-born calves or yearlings from last fall. Due to the increase in supply of calves, prices typically decline during these months as demand from feedlot buyers is more easily...
by external | Sep 20, 2024
Source: Kayla Brashears, University of Kentucky Area Extension Specialist – Southern Ag Today – September 16, 2024 Even in the year 2024, farming tends to be a family affair. The late nights and subsequent long hours can mean the most promising way to...
by Hannah Baker | Sep 6, 2024
At the time of writing this, shipping season is underway, and calf prices are still more than favorable for cow-calf producers selling weaned calves. We are seeing some seasonality effects as prices have leveled off going into the fall. Fall is the time when most...
by external | Aug 23, 2024
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Over the past 3 months, prices (December futures) have made 4 consecutive lower lows—rallies followed by a subsequent decline to lower than where the market was before the rally. This week, prices pushed, and actually...
by external | Aug 9, 2024
Source: Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, Oklahoma Cow-Calf Corner Newsletter, August 5, 2024 Coming into 2024, the beef cow herd is at a 63-year low – the smallest beef cow inventory since 1961. This has pushed...
by external | Aug 9, 2024
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Source: Text from presentation on the Here We Grow podcast,, Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, Episode #29, forthcoming, taped Aug 7, 2024. There’s no doubt and everyone knows that cotton prices have been...