Weaning Decisions to Maximize Cow/Calf Revenues

Weaning Decisions to Maximize Cow/Calf Revenues

I’m a week behind schedule getting to this sixth installment of Rambling on Revenues. I wish my excuse was “life happens and sometimes the article doesn’t get written on time”. Unfortunately, this time death, not life, happened. I was away from work last week to try...
Cotton Marketing News:  Reports Continue to Feed Optimism

Cotton Marketing News: Reports Continue to Feed Optimism

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics   Today’s monthly USDA numbers were a bit of a surprise and the weekly export report was good.  As a result, December futures gained over 2 cents today—pushing us to over 93 cents.  Don’t be surprised if the...
Cotton Marketing News:  Cotton Prices Post a “Triple Top”

Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Prices Post a “Triple Top”

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics – If you feel like you are “behind” in your pricing/price protection and have been waiting for opportunity to get caught up, here you go.  We mentioned a couple of weeks ago that prices (December futures)...
Marketing Feeder Cattle during the Second Half of 2021

Marketing Feeder Cattle during the Second Half of 2021

  Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, State Specialized Agent – Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Since early 2021, there has been a significant premium available in the futures market to encourage producers to market cattle during the second half of 2021....
Managing Cattle Herd Profitability with Rising Input Costs

Managing Cattle Herd Profitability with Rising Input Costs

Doug Mayo, UF/IFAS Jackson County Extension Director & Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist   2020 was a challenging year in all sorts of ways.  For cattle producers, there were market disruptions, meat processor shutdowns, significant...