As I visit with farmers in Tennessee, one of the common statements I have heard is that 2014 was one of the best yielding crops ever, but that doesn’t mean it was the most profitable year. Many times they have said 2014 was the most expensive crop ever. That has left many producers coming up short in paying all their bills and loans. Continue reading at Southeast Farm Press.
Farm Bill meetings for producers, landowners, and agri-industry in Tennessee have been scheduled in January and February. Topics Include Farm Bill Programs & Decisions Specific to Row Crop Production in Tennessee: Base Acre Reallocation, Yield Updates, Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO), and FSA Online Decision Aids. Continue reading at 2015 TN Farm Bill meetings.
The 2014 TN Cotton Variety Trial Results Publication (PB1742) is now available online. This document contains detailed results from all harvested trails in the 2014 University of Tennessee Cotton Variety Testing program. This expanded publication follows the recently published summary publication, 2015 TN Cotton Variety Guide (W285), which was released a few weeks ago.
The tech-trait diversity in the top performers highlights the excellent yield potential, stability and fiber quality currently available in commercial cultivars irregardless of tech platform. Given many of these currently-available varieties have been moved forward into new tech-trait platforms, it appears producers will be deciding between several very viable options for many years to come. Continue reading
Mark your calendars for the TAPA Winter Agronomic Workshop (Wednesday, February 11) and Cotton Focus (Thursday, February 12). Both meetings will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Jackson, Tennessee. Continue reading
As commodity prices increased since 2008 there has been an interest among producers and landowners to explore the flexible lease concept. Flexible crop leases have been more in place in the Midwest, but within the last few years have seen increased interest in the Southeast and Mid-South. Continue reading at Southeast Farm Press.
The 2015 TN Cotton Variety Guide is now available online. This document summarizes results from the 2014 University of Tennessee Cotton Variety Testing program and serves as a precursor to a full release of trial results in PB 1742 to come within the next few weeks. Continue reading
Corn
U.S. feed grain supply and use projections for 2014/15 are mostly unchanged as a small increase in projected corn food, seed, and industrial (FSI) use reduces ending stocks slightly. Expected corn use for sweeteners is raised 10 million bushels dropping projected corn ending stocks just below 2.0 billion bushels. Supply and use projections for the other feed grains are unchanged. The projected range for the season-average corn farm price is unchanged at $3.20 to $3.80 per bushel. Continue reading at December 10th USDA WASDE report
Throughout the year, I receive calls from both producers and landowners on what is a fair rent for either the land owned or what is being leased. The commonality in these calls is they want to either receive a fair rent or pay a fair rent. Continue reading at Southeast Farm Press.