by Hannah Baker | Feb 6, 2026
The purpose of this report is to provide “across-the-board” information about the beef cattle industry as we head into 2026. Throughout the year, monthly reports will be published highlighting certain sections based on what is happening at that time of year. The...
by external | Feb 6, 2026
Bart Fischer and Joe Outlaw, Southern Ag Today, February 5, 2026 While farmers have been dealing with inflation in input costs since the onset of COVID-19, relatively high commodity prices (in large measure resulting from the war in Ukraine) helped blunt the pain...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 6, 2026
This week’s featured video was published by Farm Journal to summarize USDA’s January Cattle Report that was released on January 30, 2026. Experts have been predicting that expansion of the U.S. Cattle Inventory has not started yet, but this report confirms...
by Hannah Baker | Jan 30, 2026
New Year, Same Signals: Heifer Retention Still Not in Full Swing, Yet The latest Cattle on Feed report summarized December placements, marketings, and total cattle on feed for the month of December. As of January 1, there were 11.45 million head of cattle on feed, a...
by external | Jan 30, 2026
Wendiam Sawadgo, Alabama Extension Crop Economist – Southern Ag Today – January 28, 2026 In 2025, U.S. peanut planted area reached its highest mark since 1991, at 1.95 million acres, as was confirmed by the recently released Crop Production Annual...
by external | Jan 30, 2026
Yanshu Li, Southern Ag Today January 26, 2026 Southern Timber Market Update In the fourth quarter of 2025, average pine sawtimber stumpage prices across the South softened further. Pine sawtimber averaged $23.23/ton, about 6% lower than a year ago and 10% below its...
