Economics
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Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist As follow up to “What’s a Good Bull Worth in 2026?” from last week, I address a recent question from a producer regarding the cost of leasing bulls. One potential way for a commercial cow-calf operation to reduce expenses is to lease, rather than own, a bull. Producers should…
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Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist With the onset of The Cattlemen’s Congress currently taking place in Oklahoma City, the spring 2026 bull buying season has officially started. The full schedule of sales during the Cattlemen’s Congress can be found at https://cattlemenscongress.com/sales/. Bull buying season will continue into the spring months, in Oklahoma and across the nation with progressive seedstock operations offering…
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Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!! The Colquitt County Extension office will be closing for Thanksgiving tomorrow afternoon, and we will reopen on Monday, December 1, 2025. Harvest is coming to end and the dry weather continues across the state. According to the drought monitor, 100% of Colquitt County is suffering from D3 or extreme…
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Please see the information below regarding a virtual workshop series on succession planning, developed by Extension experts from Land-Grant Universities across the country called Who Will Fill My Shoes: Succession Planning for Landowners, Farmers, Forest Owners, and Family Businesses. This five-part series is designed to help landowners and family enterprises navigate the complex process of…
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I just want to inform everybody of an important meeting that is coming up this week. The National Cotton Council is conducting educational sessions on the impacts of the OBBBA over the next two weeks across the cotton belt, and this week they will be in Georgia. One of these meetings will be held on…
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In this issue: Dry weather, tips for whitemold control, peanut irrigation, whiteflies, cotton and peanut marketing update, bermudagrass baleage and vaseygrass control. It has been an interesting weather week. The US Drought Monitor this week shows that abnormally dry weather conditions area expanding in SW Georgia. Rainfall amounts across the county ranged from 0.25 to…
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Yangxuan (Serinna) Liu, Ph.D. UGA Ag Econ. In collaboration with the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF) at the University of Missouri, we have developed projections indicating that Georgia’s crop producers are expected to receive approximately $185 million in economic assistance payments under the American Relief Act of 2025. The attached paper provides…
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When are the Colquitt County Production meetings? The 2025 Georgia Peanut Farm Show is scheduled for Thursday, January 16, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, GA. The show opens at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Peanut farmers and those involved in the peanut industry will be able to learn more about the…
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The 2025 UGA Crop Comparison tool has been updated by Amanda Smith, Dr. Liu, and Guy Hancock. The crop comparison compares the gross return, returns above variable and fixed costs, and break-even yields for 5 agronomic crops in both irrigated and dryland production systems. Remember that land rent is not included in this spreadsheet. The…
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The Master Cattlemen’s Program is being offered this fall in Newton County. This program will also be offered by Zoom so anyone across the state can attend if they choose to participate. The Master Cattlemen’s Program is an 8 week long program that meets every Monday evening from 6:30 – 9:00pm starting September 9th and…