After a last-minute relief effort last session, help is on the way for farmers and ranchers. The exact date is still up in the air, but cotton growers say it cannot come soon enough.
“We’re essentially looking at a March 21st time frame that we would anticipate this money getting out into the countryside. I know that’s been a question from a lot of producers that I have visited with over the last couple of weeks as well as gin managers so that they have a better idea of what to tell their bankers as they go in and prepare for this 2025 season and go in requesting their operating loans,” said Mark Brown.
Since the 2018 Farm Bill, cotton growers have seen their production costs go up by nearly 30 percent. Analysts say this year’s input costs likely will not provide much support.
The most notable crop changes came in wheat.
United Soybean Board Director and Missouri farmer Kyle Durham joins us to discuss farmer sentiment, alternative revenue programs, conservation incentives, domestic demand trends, and conditions on his farm this spring.
Trade estimates point to only modest changes in U.S. grain ending stocks ahead of USDA’s June 11 WASDE report.
Farmers may need flexible marketing plans as tighter supplies and uncertain demand heighten price risks for corn and soybeans.
Global fiber demand is growing, but cotton producers benefit only when cotton gains value and competes for market share.
United Sorghum Checkoff’s Lanier Dabruzzi joins us to discuss National Sorghum Month, consumer awareness, and the increasing demand for sorghum used in gluten-free snacks.
