by Doug Mayo | May 12, 2017
This week’s featured video was a news report from KOMO Channel 4 News about a new online beef marketing service being offered to consumers in the Western US. Crowd Cow is the name of a Seattle company that is connecting grass finished beef operations with...
by Chris Prevatt | May 5, 2017
The August 2017 Feeder Cattle futures contract increased by $21.35/cwt. during April. Based on this futures price increase, August Feeder Cattle revenues increased by approximately $160.13/head ($21.35/cwt. * 7.5 cwt.) on a 750-pound feeder steer which amounts to...
by Blake Thaxton | Apr 28, 2017
The local food movement has grown tremendously over the past several years. People have become more interested in how their food is produced and where it comes from. New farms have popped up to try to satisfy this demand. You might be one of these new farmers and you...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 7, 2017
Don Shurley, Cotton Economist, UGA Professor Emeritus US cotton producers say they intend to plant 12.23 million acres of cotton this year—up 21.4% from last year. This number, released March 31, is higher than most pre-report expectations. The National Cotton...
by Chris Prevatt | Apr 7, 2017
The August 2017 Feeder Cattle futures contract increased by $8.32/cwt. during March. Based on this futures price increase, August Feeder Cattle revenues increased by approximately $62.40/head ($8.32/cwt. * 7.5 cwt.) on a 750-pound feeder steer which amounts to...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 17, 2017
Don Shurley, Cotton Economist, UGA Professor Emeritus Eighty cent fever is running rampant. New crop December 17 futures have made a great run and the uptrend is strong. Support seems to be firm. New crop cotton has gained almost a nickel since the first of the...
