Easter is a popular holiday for lamb consumption around the United States. In addition to Easter, holidays like Passover and Ramadan are in progress or approaching fast. These holidays make mid spring through late spring an important time for sheep and goat markets. Don’t forget to check out AgriLife’s Small Ruminant Market Price Analysis Project.
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 4/5/2021 – Sheep & Goat Update
Today, a review of my top posts from the first quarter of 2021 and a quarterly macroeconomic and agriculture economy update. [Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 3/29/2021 – Quarterly Review
This week, I’m excited to announce a project I’ve been a part of developing for the last two years. As part of a Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center grant, AgriLife faculty have developed a series of resources on the economic and legal considerations for Texans when growing hemp. You can find our video series here.
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 3/22/2021 – Hemp Education Video Series
A full year in a pandemic. What did it mean for agriculture?
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 3/15/2021 – A Year in Ag Since Lockdown
2021 is the first year in which producers will be able to choose ARC or PLC on an annual basis. Today, a tool that will help producers with the fast-approaching decision. [Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 3/8/2021 – The ARC/PLC Choice
March 15 is the deadline for many crop insurance decisions. That means the time has come for producers of grazed wheat to make the decision; will gain or grain be the more profitable enterprise in 2021?
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 3/1/2021 – Gain or Grain?
Today I’m wrapping my February series on the state of commodity markets for several Texas High Plains commodities. Today I’ll discuss the challenges facing the cattle market, and reasons for some optimism moving forward. You can see similar posts for the wheat, corn, sorghum, and cotton markets by visiting my earlier February posts. Next week we’ll visit the ‘gain vs. grain’ decision for winter wheat and that all-important March 15 decision.
Today I’m continuing my series on the state of commodity markets for several Texas High Plains commodities (as long as the power stays on). Today we wrap up the portion on crops with the state of the cotton market. The long and short is that cotton is doing as well as the rest of the crop complex, price-wise. You can see a similar post for the wheat, corn, and sorghum markets in my last two posts. Next week I’ll wrap up this series with a post on the state of the cattle market.
Today I’m continuing my series on the state of commodity markets for several Texas High Plains commodities. We continue the series today with the corn and sorghum markets. No surprise to those who keep up with agricultural markets; sorghum is a star at the moment. You can see a similar post for the wheat market in last week’s post. Over the rest of February I’ll also cover the markets for cotton and cattle.
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 2/8/2021 – Corn & Sorghum
Today I’m beginning a series on the state of commodity markets for several Texas High Plains commodities. We’ll kick off the series today with winter wheat. Over the month of February I’ll also cover the markets for corn, sorghum, cotton, and cattle.