by Doug Mayo | Jan 20, 2023
The holiday season is over, family and friends have gone back home, the holiday decorations have been put away. College football crowned a new champion and a new farming year has begun. Planting season is coming fast, but January is what I call, “Decision...
by external | Jan 20, 2023
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics 2022 (Old crop), March futures are currently in the neighborhood of 82¢/lb. and continue in a pretty much sideways pattern mostly between 80 and 86¢. The more optimistic upside appears to be at 90¢. I’d put the...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 13, 2023
One thing that has changed dramatically in our country since 2020 is online sales of consumer products. This includes direct sales from farms of all types. The challenge is that much of the technology needed to make online sales work smoothly requires a significant...
by external | Nov 18, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Prices have rebounded from the low of 72 cents back on October 31. December futures are now back over 80 cents—prompting optimism that better times could be on the way. = The area around 90 cents...
by external | Sep 30, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics The market continues to find ways to surprise and shock and sometimes make us happy and sometimes disappoint. If it can, the market has a way of proving all analysts wrong at some point. After trading...
by external | Aug 19, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Ten days ago, my headline said “Prices Should Begin to Find Direction Soon”. Direction has now been realized as prices have gained significantly—giving growers new hope after we were in the upper 80’s just a few...
