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.
The application deadline for the Livestock Forage Program (LFP) is coming at the end of this week. Today I revisit a post from the fall on how LFP works. I’ve also included updated versions of USDA’s county maps for eligible payment months by forage crop. [Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 1/25/2021 – Review of LFP
It’s that time of year again. We’ve updated the District 1 AgriLife budgets to incorporate 2021 crop year projections. Take a look at some of the changes we can expect in the coming year.
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 1/18/2021 – District 1 AgriLife Budgets
One of the premier programs offered by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is returning to Amarillo this spring. Though it will be in a different format than the traditional program, there are plenty of reasons you should expect the same program quality, and in fact, why this is the perfect time to try out Master Marketer for yourself.
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 1/11/2021 – Master Marketer Online Seminar Series
If you’re reading this it means we made it! December 2020 was a wild ride in most agricultural markets. I’m not sure we should be surprised given the rest of 2020. I’ll dive in to several topics today including some information on crop prices, livestock prices, the weather outlook, and policy reminders. Remember to contact me if you have thoughts, suggestions, or questions at benavidezjustin@tamu.edu
[Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 1/4/21 – 2021 Opening Bell
Today, we revisit our five most popular blog posts of 2020. [Read more…] about High Plains Ag Week 12/7/2020