Monthly Archives: May 2022
Pricing for 2022 Summer Texas Crops—Some at Record Highshs
This document provides recent market and contract pricing and contacts for a dozen Texas crops. Prices for major commodity crops corn, cotton, and grain sorghum are especially strong at this point in 2022. AgriLife Extension economists Dr. John Robinson, cotton, john.robinson@ag.tamu.edu and Dr. Mark Welch, corn and sorghum, mark.welch@ag.tamu.edu, are writing and speaking frequently on high prices and strategies for crop marketing. The February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has shaken world markets especially for wheat. Ukraine is a large exporter of winter wheat. The country also… Read More →
Nine Considerations to Guide 2022 Fertilizer Decisions in Summer Crops
Fertilizer prices across Texas have nearly doubled since this time last year. High natural gas prices and high commodity crop prices do not appear to explain fully the price increase for N, P, and other fertilizer nutrients. P fertilizers may have supply issues. Nitrogen fertilizers appear likewise. Transportation / distribution costs and delays have also contributed to the problem. Also, according to Dr. Mark Welch, jmwelch@tamu.edu, AgriLife Extension grains economist, College Station, high commodity prices often enable farm suppliers to justify raising prices on inputs. Depending on… Read More →
Texas A&M AgriLife Hemp Projects for 2022
Funding is very limited for any hemp work this year. I have received neither inquiries nor funding for any cannabinoid work so at this time I will not be planting any CBD variety trials. Here are the current projects and locations. If you wish to learn more about any of these trial sites, please e-mail me. Fiber & Grain Variety Yield Trial—Texas A&M AgriLife, Lubbock, 33.5° N Fifteen hemp fiber and grain varieties have been chosen by Trostle for planting three-rep randomized trials to… Read More →