On August 12, USDA released three important reports: the weekly Crop Progress report, the monthly Crop Production report, and the latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. In this post, we discuss what these reports say about corn and sorghum production in 2024. [Read more…] about Corn and Sorghum Market Update
June Report Indicates More Acres Planted to Cotton
On June 28, USDA released its Acreage Report for 2024. In this post, we look at how planted acres in 2024 for corn, sorghum, wheat and cotton compares to 2023 and to the March Prospective Plantings survey. We also examine how the Acreage report impacts production estimates in the July WASDE.
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High Plains Ag Week 5/15/2024 – Reviewing the May WASDE Report
On May 10, USDA released a new World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. In this week’s post, we’ll look at what the report has to say about cotton and grain crop production in the 2024/25 crop year. [Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 5/15/2024 – Reviewing the May WASDE Report
High Plains Ag Week 4/17/2024 – Corn and Sorghum Budgets in 2024
The 2024 crop and livestock budgets for most districts have been published on the AgriLife Extension Economics website. In this post, we look at the expected costs and returns for corn and sorghum enterprises in the High Plains.
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High Plains Ag Week – 1/18/2024 – Input Costs for 2024
How will input costs change for crop enterprises on the Texas High Plains? Today, we look at three key inputs to crop production and discuss expectations for the price of these inputs this year.
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High Plains Ag Week – 7/13/23 – Reviewing the June Acreage Report
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its latest acreage report on June 30. Today, we review this report.
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High Plains Ag Week – 2/1/2023 – A Look at the 2023 Corn & Sorghum Budgets
The 2023 crop and livestock budgets for District 1 are posted, and the budgets will soon be available for all districts on the AgriLife Extension Agricultural Economics website. Today, we take a look at the expected costs and returns from coarse grains in the High Plains.
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High Plains Ag Week – 1/18/2023 – Budgets and Input Price Changes
Rapidly increasing input prices were a major concern in the 2022 crop year. What do input prices look like as we approach 2023’s planting season? Updated AgriLife Crop & Livestock Budgets, as well as some updated decision tools can help you make this year’s production decisions.
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High Plains Ag Week 11/14/2022 – Coarse Grain Market Update
We continue with our fall market updates this week, spending some time with the corn and sorghum markets. With lower yields and higher prices, what are some early predictions for the marketing year and production year 23/24?
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High Plains Ag Week 7/11/2022 – USDA June Acreage Report Review
On June 30th, the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), released its first survey-base acreage report for the 2022-23 season. Today, we will review the highlights of this first report. [Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 7/11/2022 – USDA June Acreage Report Review