by grassdmin8 | Jan 23, 2013 | News & Articles
Allison Floyd, Growing Georgia Magazine, January 23, 2013 Farmers will see prices remain much the same as last year or rise a little, University of Georgia agricultural economists are expected to tell folks at a series of talks over the next two weeks. The annual...
by grassdmin8 | Jan 22, 2013 | News & Articles
Hay stocks are “incredibly low,” says ag economist Rick Mooney, Hay & Forage Grower, January 22, 2013 Expect hay supplies to stay on the tight side and prices to remain high through the months ahead based on reports of year-end hay stocks and 2012...
by grassdmin8 | Jan 22, 2013 | News & Articles
By Consumer Reports | January 22, 2013 The scientists here at Consumer Reports read Dr. Richard Raymond’s op-ed “Antibiotics and Animals Raised for Food: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics” with great interest. We were particularly struck by his assertion that most...
by grassdmin8 | Jan 21, 2013 | News & Articles
Agriculture secretary not so sure Jan. 21, 2013 From the National Cotton Council House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) has emphatically stated that Direct Payments (DPs) authorized in the farm bill extension will be made. Agriculture Secretary...
by grassdmin8 | Jan 17, 2013 | News & Articles
Gene Johnston 01/17/2013 Agriculture.com Most farmers who know their numbers say it costs $100 to $250 less per acre to grow a soybean crop, compared to corn. Even then, most Midwestern budgets favor growing corn where possible. That’s because 180-bushel corn at $5...
