Agribusiness
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It has been an interesting week in Colquitt County agriculture. The illustration below show the rainfall totals for the last 2 weeks for Colquitt County and the 5 day forecast for Moultrie. Peanut hull maturity clinics this week have been busy. Georgia 06G have been running 140 to 145 days to maturity. Growers need to…
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From healthcare providers and nonprofits to county officials and faith leaders, the 2022 Farm Stress Conference welcomes all who want to further their efforts in combatting farm stress within our communities. The goal of this event is to learn from each other, connect communities with existing resources and establish partnerships across organizations. Key target audiences for this…
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This is a blog post from the Southern Ag Today by John Robinson, Professor and Extension Economist, from the Texas A and M Agrilife Extension. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has direct implications on the global supply of corn and wheat because of the relatively large quantities of those crops that those two countries…
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Below is an article about the Financial Impacts of Higher Fertilizer prices by Steven Klose, Professor and Extension Farm Management at Texas A&M Agrilife Extension and J. Marc Raulston, Associate Director, Agriculture and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M. This information was posted on the Southern Ag Today website. Last week we looked at the…
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Registration slots are still available to attend the 2022 Georgia Ag Forecast on Jan. 28. The annual event will be held in one location this year, at the University of Georgia Tifton Conference Center on the UGA Tifton campus, with a live virtual option available. UGA faculty and UGA Extension experts share the latest research…
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Amanda Smith, UGA Ag Economist, has updated the row crop comparison tool on the Extension Ag Economics Budgets web page. The May update includes increased commodity prices, updated crop insurance prices and higher fuel and fertilizer prices. Row Crop Comparison Tool May 2021 Strip Till Row Crop Comparison Tool May 2021 Conventional Till If you…
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UGA Ag Econ (Dr. Adam N. Rabinowitz and Dr. Yangxuan Liu) will be holding joint producer meetings with Farm Service Agency (FSA) focused on the following topics: Generic Base Conversion: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 authorizes seed cotton as a covered commodity for the 2018 crop year. Owners of a farm with generic…
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11th Annual Georgia Cotton Conference & UGA Cotton Production Workshop (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)
The Georgia Cotton Commission is pleased to announce the guest speakers at the Commission’s 10th Annual Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. The annual meeting is held in conjunction with the UGA Cotton Production Workshop conducted by the UGA Research & Extension Cotton Team. The UGA Cotton…
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Every year the UGA Ag Economics Department updates row crop production budgets. Excel spreadsheet budgets for corn, peanut, grain sorghum, and soybean are available for use. Each commodity has an irrigated and dryland budget. If you are interested in the 2016 row crop budgets go to the link below. Also, the Jan 2016 version of…
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The University of Georgia Extension Ag Economics Department has released an updated Crop Comparison Tool for 2016. This spreadsheet includes cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, wheat and grain sorghum in both irrigated and non-irrigated situations. Growers can also compare the cost difference between conventional and strip till production systems and also compare returns above variable costs…