Cotton Marketing News:  Ok, Now This is the Number

Cotton Marketing News: Ok, Now This is the Number

On March 29, USDA released their Prospective Plantings report, which in my opinion, gets us much closer to what will eventually be the acres planted in 2018.  The 13½ million acre neighborhood, or even higher, is what has been expected by many observers, and that’s...
Cotton Marketing News:  Pulling the Trigger on the 2018 Crop

Cotton Marketing News: Pulling the Trigger on the 2018 Crop

When deer hunting, I am often guilty of waiting and waiting and waiting on something better—often even turning down the opportunity to take a doe, in hopes that something bigger comes along.  I too often end up waiting too long and all the deer just disappear and I...
February Florida Cattle Market Price Watch

February Florida Cattle Market Price Watch

The August 2018 Feeder Cattle futures contract decreased by $0.58/cwt. during February. Based on this futures price decrease, August Feeder Cattle revenues decreased by approximately $4.64/head ($0.58/cwt. * 8.0 cwt.) on an 800-pound feeder steer which amounts to...
Prices and Payments from the New Farm Bill Program for Cotton

Prices and Payments from the New Farm Bill Program for Cotton

Don Shurley and Adam Rabinowitz, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia Effective with the 2018 crop, “seed cotton” is now a covered commodity under Title I of the 2014 farm bill and eligible for Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments. ...