Prices have been updated after the April 10th USDA Supply & Demand report. Please note that I added a row on the bottom with breakeven prices at average yields and the specified costs including variable, land and fixed cost. Prices will vary depending on location and buyers. Continue reading
As reported by NASS on April 8, 2013
FARM ACTIVITIES SLOWED BY WET, COOL CONDITIONS
A mixture of a wet spring and below normal temperatures has delayed field activities. Corn planting, in particular, has been delayed and at week’s end was only one percent completed. This compares with the near record pace last year and the five-year average of 13 percent. The main farm activities last week included top-dressing wheat, fertilizer application and working livestock. The fruit acreage was budding and starting to bloom. The wheat crop, which is in mostly good-to-excellent condition, is in the jointing stage. Pastures just this week showed good growth. Cattle were in good condition. Continue reading
Prices have been updated after today’s USDA Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports. Please note that I added a row on the bottom with breakeven prices at average yields and the specified costs including variable, land and fixed cost. Prices will vary depending on location and buyers. Overall, after today’s reports cotton’s profitability improved slightly while grains dropped some from after the March 8 USDA report. Continue reading
USDA has released their prospective plantings report, Tennessee acreage as well as U.S. numbers can be found in this NASS report from the Tennessee Field Office. Click on this link for the report – USDA NASS Acreage Report. Continue reading
The growing season last year seemed to run about 3 weeks ahead of “normal”. This season seems to be running, if anything, about 2 weeks later than normal. It looks like this upcoming week will at least be a little warmer than last week with lows in the high 30s (which beats below freezing) and highs in the high 50s to low 60s. There have been a lot of questions about applying burndowns during cold weather. Continue reading
This spring has been almost 180 degrees different from last spring. The dry spring of 2012 allowed a lot of early field work and at this time we were in the middle of corn planting. This spring we are way behind on applying burndowns due to all the wet weather. With the crunch to get burndowns out there have been a lot of calls on how best to proceed burning down particularly now with some looking to adjust their crop mix from corn to more cotton. Continue reading
This table should be used as a guide as yields, prices, and expenses will vary among producers and locations. Yields are average yields for Tennessee with prices adjusted for the 2013 production year. Expenses will vary among producers and production systems. Continue reading
The Plant Management Network (http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/) website has posted recorded presentations of the 2012 Cotton Incorporated Crop Management Seminar (linked below). Continue reading