by external | Jan 16, 2026
Adam Rabinowitz, Alabama Extension Crop Economist – Southern Ag Today -January 14, 2026 On Monday, January 12, 2026, the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report was released with some unexpected projections. A record corn crop is even...
by Hannah Baker | Dec 19, 2025
Beef Production: Past, Present, Future Beef production, and the future of it, have been at the forefront of conversations lately in the cattle industry. The U.S. Cattle inventory is the lowest it has been in over 70 years, and the quantity of beef produced has...
by external | Nov 21, 2025
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Due to the U.S. government shutdown, some agencies and their data reports have not been available since September. USDA today released the November U.S. and World supply and demand estimates and crop production projections....
by Hannah Baker | Nov 7, 2025
Remembering the Fundamentals Amidst Chaos The last few weeks of October brought no shortage of headlines for the cattle industry — from concerns over beef prices being “too high” and increasing imports from Argentina. The ongoing government shutdown disrupted market...
by external | Oct 31, 2025
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist The government shutdown has paused or scaled down some USDA functions, but not all. The October supply/demand (WASDE) report was not released, weekly exports data is not available, weekly crop progress and conditions data is...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 31, 2025
This week’s featured video was produced by Bloomberg Television. In this video, David Westin traveled to Iowa to meet with farmers, and industry executives to discuss the current state of row crop agriculture. What he learned was very concerning. The U.S....
