Dr. Daryll Ray of the University of Tennessee Agricultural Policy Analysis Center was the keynote speaker at the 2014 Tennessee Grain & Soybean Conference on February 6, 2014 in Dyersburg, TN. Continue reading
Tennessee Market Highlights for January 31, 2014 have been posted at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/market/tnmkt/2014/market013114.pdf . Continue reading
Tennessee Market Highlights for January 24,2014 has been posted at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/market/tnmkt/2014/market012414.pdf . Continue reading
Tennessee Market Highlights for January 17, 2014 have been posted at Market Highlights Jan 17 14 . Continue reading
The 2014 UT Crop Budgets have been released and can be found at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/crop.html. Click under budgets, then Field Crop Budgets 2014. They can be downloaded in Excel or as a pdf. Continue reading
Dr. Aaron Smith has posted his monthly crop outlook following last week’s USDA crop reports. His comments are at http://economics.ag.utk.edu/outlook.html . Continue reading
As we start 2014, budgets and projections particularly at average yields look to be closer or tighter than 2013. Lower commodity prices in 2014 could squeeze profit margins and in some instances create negative margins. Producers should develop their own financial plans to gauge the effects of lower prices on their operation. Continue reading
Tennessee Market Highlights for January 10, 2014 have been posted at market011014. Dr. Smith includes comments on today’s USDA reports. Continue reading