by Hannah Baker | Jan 26, 2024
2024: A Year of Stabilizing, Expanding, or Both? On January 31st, 2024, USDA will release the bi-annual Cattle Inventory Report. We can expect to see that inventory will be low, much like we saw in 2014 and 2015, due to prolonged drought, high input costs and interest...
by external | Jan 5, 2024
Source: FDACS December 19, 2023 Press Release and Florida Farm Tax Exempt Agricultural Materials (TEAM) Card website Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced that farmers and ranchers can apply for the Florida Farm Tax Exempt Agricultural...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 5, 2024
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...
by external | Jan 5, 2024
Source: Southern Ag Today – Joe Outlaw and Bart Fischer, Texas A&M Food Policy Center In remarks during a March 16, 2023, hearing before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Secretary Vilsack testified that while “our policies have...
by external | Dec 15, 2023
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...
by external | Nov 17, 2023
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics A friend posted on Facebook (11/08/2023) about the horrendous decline in cotton price to 75 cents. Here was my response: “When it gets bad and drops like this, it’s usually because the market is afraid and...
