Commodity News

Significant Rainfall is Impacting Cotton Fields

Tifton, GA | This time of year, typically you can find cotton producers in their fields wrapping up the planting of their crop. However, this year, things have looked a little different, as unprecedented rainfall has delayed producers from getting …

Utilizing Robotics to Assist with Production

Athens, GA | Between the use of GPS and auto-steering on tractors, to sensors and monitoring systems on irrigation pivots, precision agriculture has become an interregnal part of maximizing efficiency on the farm. And the next evolution could be the …

Georgia Dairy Producers are Watching for Avian Influenza

Athens, GA | With nearly a hundred dairy operations around Georgia, responsible for two hundred and thirty-five million gallons of milk every year, it’s an important industry for the state’s economy. While rising input costs and low commodity prices are …

2024 Vidalia Onions Harvest Underway

Glenville, GA | Down in Vidalia Onion country in Southeast Georgia, growers, packers, and shippers are hard at work harvesting this year’s crop of sweet, Vidalia onions and getting them sent to stores across the country. As always, it’s a …

Rockdale Students Learn About Agribusiness Opportunities

Conyers, GA | The days of agriculture being known as just sow, cows and plows is now a thing of the distant past. That was never more apparent than here at the Rockdale Career Academy, where hundreds of students got …

Low Beef Inventories Creating Opportunities

Columbus, GA | Despite popular belief, the steady increase of beef prices over the past couple of decades hasn’t necessarily mean more money in the pockets of producers. Between record high input costs and the portion that goes towards packers, …

Better Days Ahead for Georgia’s Forage Producers

Tifton, GA | Spring has officially sprung here in Georgia which means hay fields and pastures across the state will be starting to flourish, signaling a new production year for forage producers. According to Lisa Baxter, State Forage Extension Specialist, …

Is There a Pecan Revolution Coming?

Perry, GA | There’s a whole lot of shaking going on here in Georgia, with as it is responsible for nearly a third of the country’s pecan production. And that is unlikely to change in the near future with a …

Cattle Producers Navigate Inventory Challenges

Atlanta, GA | According to the USDA, for the first time since 1951, the US Cattle inventory has dropped to its lowest point as producers across the country deal with a plethora of issues such as record high input costs …

Georgia’s Citrus Industry is Flourishing Despite Challenges

Tifton, GA | In Tifton recently, citrus growers gathered for their annual conference; a time of fellowship and education, as growers and experts work to lay the groundwork that will help keep the industry a thriving one in the state …