by ndilorenzo | Jun 19, 2020
– Nicolas DiLorenzo, UF/IFAS Beef Specialist, and Federico Podversich, Graduate Student, UF Department of Animal Sciences The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only our daily lives, but also most of the agricultural markets. The cattle market is no...
by external | Jun 19, 2020
Thursday—June 18, 2020 Here’s the situation and the question on everyone’s mind. It’s now past mid-June. Typically by this time, the market has presented growers with at least one “decent” opportunity to market/price a portion of the upcoming crop. Well, I doubt...
by external | Jun 5, 2020
– The cotton market is attempting to venture into territory we’ve not seen in a while—prices with a “6” in the front. Prices touched the 60’s this week—the highest in almost 3 months. Staying there is still a question mark, however. Prices (July futures) have...
by external | May 29, 2020
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics – Prices (July futures) continue in a range of 54 to 59 cents. We’ve seen a decent uptrend since the most recent low of 53½ on May 5, and with a few hiccups, since the low near 48 on April 1. The market...
by external | May 8, 2020
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Old crop July futures has now lost 3.75 cents since the recent “peak” at over 57 cents on April 30. New crop December futures has declined 3.5 cents after reaching almost 59 cents on April 30. It now appears we...
by external | May 8, 2020
– U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced on May 4, 2020 that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs. SBA’s EIDL portal will reopen today as a result of...
