The wet winter has put producers behind in their field work in many parts of the Southeast. According to a recent article in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News, this could have a snowball effect and delay things all year, even potentially affecting fall planting if farmers continue to be behind….
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The tremendous cold that has covered Texas, brought snow to the beach in Galveston, and knocked out power to millions of customers in record-setting cold have also affected many producers across the state, including the fields in south Texas that usually produce a lot of food this time of year….
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With all of the rain parts of the Southeast have had, scheduling field work and figuring out when to apply herbicides can be an issue. Morning Ag Clips posted a story today that described some of the factors that need to be considered when trying to fit in applications. The…
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The 2021 Georgia Ag Forecast meeting was held on January 29 online. The recordings of the presentations are now available online at https://agforecast.caes.uga.edu/previous-outlooks/2021.html. They include outlooks for different commodities, livestock and forestry. You can also download PDFs of the Ag Snapshot brochure and the full Ag Outlook publication.
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I am not an expert in crop insurance, but I know that this time of year producers are trying to figure out whether to purchase it to cover damage to their crops in the coming growing season, and if so, how much to get. I found this discussion in Wallaces…
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