1/3 of Georgia Cotton Lost to Helene and H5N1 Dairy Resilience
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.**Averaged across all samples received, the state of Georgia lost 32.6% of its cotton crop in response to Hurricane Helene.
www.morningagclips.com reports USDA numbers show losses ranged from 0 to 90% statewide, dependent upon location and stage of the crop at the time Hurricane Helene passed through Georgia.
USDA projected that Georgia was going produce approximately 2.1 million bales prior to Hurricane Helene, suggesting that about 684,600 bales were lost.
www.morningagclips.com/cotton-losses-from-hurricane-helene-in-georgia/
**U.S. dairy farmers are staying resilient in the face of H5N1 influenza outbreaks while advancing in policy areas like nutrition and milk pricing.
Those remarks came from National Milk Producers Federation Chairman Randy Mooney at its annual meeting in Phoenix.
In the past year, dairy producers have grappled with bird flu and delays in a farm bill that expired in September even as milk prices rose and consumer demand stayed strong.
**U.S. egg production totaled 8.92 billion in September, down 2% from the same time last year.
Production included 7.65 billion table eggs and 1.27 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.18 billion were broiler-type and 91.3 million were egg-type.
The average number of layers during September totaled 375 million, down 3% from last year.
September egg production per 100 layers was 2,381 eggs, up 1%.