The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host three profitability spreadsheet workshops for producers to learn how to use the tool for crop budgets.

A cotton field. The profitability spreadsheet workshops will help producers to use profitability spreadsheets for budgeting profitability in crops.
The profitability spreadsheet workshops will help producers to use profitability spreadsheets for budgeting profitability in crops such as cotton, corn and sorghum. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

The free workshops will be held from 9 a.m.-noon at different locations in the South Plains. Participants are encouraged to bring their own computers; they are optional as all materials will be demonstrated on screen.

These events are sponsored by the Texas State Support Committee – Cotton Incorporated, and lunch is provided.

The first workshop will be on Feb. 28 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, 1102 Drew St.. The second workshop will be in Dimmit on March 20 at the AgriLife Extension office in Castro County, 205 N. Broadway St. The third workshop will be on April 11 in Plainview at the AgriLife Extension office in Hale County, 205 Broadway St., Suite 6.

On the agenda

The following topics and speakers will be featured, including:

  • Overview of crop budgets and profitability spreadsheet – Andrew Wright, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Lubbock.
  • Grain markets outlook – Mark Welch, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station.
  • Cotton market outlook – John Robinson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension cotton marketing economist and professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station.

For more information, contact Wright at [email protected] or by phone at 806-746-6101.

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