August 2019

• Reported Peanut Acreage in Georgia: Implications from USDA Reports

  August 14, 2019

  by Adam N. Rabinowitz and Walter Scott Monfort Click to download a PDF version of this publication. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released their Crop Production report on August 12, 2019. Their report forecasts 2019 harvested acres in Georgia at 590,000, down from 650,000 in 2018. The basis…

  Posted in: Marketing, Peanuts

• USDA Trade Assistance Programs: 2019 Impacts on Georgia Producers

  August 1, 2019

  by Adam N. Rabinowitz On July 25, 2019, the USDA announced the 2019 trade assistance payment rates for the Market Facilitation Program. We have published a policy brief that contains the following helpful information: Details of the county based payment rate and potential maximum payments by county for non-specialty crops. Most notably for Georgia this includes…

  Posted in: Cotton, Dairy, International Trade, Livestock, Peanuts, Pecan, Policy, Pork, Row Crops