by external | Mar 4, 2022
Source: USDA News Release – February 1, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new USDA Market News Mobile Application, providing producers and everyone else in the supply chain with instant access to current and historical market...
by Chris Prevatt | Feb 25, 2022
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist, Range Cattle Research and Education Center Each year there are windows that allow producers to market feeder cattle near the high-end of the market. Cattle producers will likely be marketing cattle...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 4, 2022
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) released the January 1 Cattle Inventory Report on January 31, 2022. These reports are a little confusing, as the year listed is the date of the report (Jan 1), but they are actually measuring the...
by external | Jan 21, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics It’s been a very wild last three weeks. Prices have suddenly found new optimism and bullish momentum. To be frankly honest, few could have seen this coming. Now, few can know how far this will go. There are...
by external | Dec 10, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Uncertainty and panic over the OMICRON variant caused the cotton market, along with many other commodities, to drop significantly in price over the past 2 weeks. Cotton began this week to stabilize and try...
by external | Nov 12, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Today’s USDA reports were mostly neutral to either slightly bearish or slightly bullish depending on your viewpoint. Regardless, prices took off anyway. There are some factors in play that production and...