Monthly Archives: March 2022
USDA Texas Direct Hay Report—Bi-weekly Current Hay Prices
USDA publishes a summary of current Texas hay prices every two weeks. This is useful for hay growers and buyers for a snapshot of current prices. The next report will be posted March 4, 2022, at https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_2707.pdf Reports divide Texas into four regions for pricing: Panhandle, Central, South, and West. The current edition provides current market prices for alfalfa (including different grades of supreme/premium/good), bermudagrass, sorghum (meaning sorghum/sudan, not grain sorghum stalks), and wheat hay. Some prices are per ton (preferred). Others are based on bale size… Read More →
Expanded Sesame Opportunities in Texas
Sesame is a drought tolerant, heat tolerant crop with relatively few pests—either insects or plant diseases—compared to other Texas crops. For 2022 there are new contract opportunities among multiple groups. All offer variety choices for indehiscent (non-shattering) varieties developed for large-scale mechanical harvest farming operations. Non-shattering sesame would better be called reduced shattering types. Some seed losses at the header/cutter bar occur. But this is part of sesame production and is acceptable. Combine operators can minimize these losses. This is in sharp contrast to sesame in… Read More →