New guidelines help Florida peanut and cotton producers obtain a permit to use AgLogic 15GG.
P
esticide application is one of the primary ways to treat plant-parasitic nematodes and insects, and AgLogic 15GG is one of the available options for use in...
The best variety choice is one that will achieve a rapid, uniform stand and provide good yield and grade over a wide range of growing conditions. Most varieties now offer some level of resistance to multiple diseases.
Field history, irrigation,...
N
ational Peanut Board President and CEO Bob Parker has informed the Board that after 10 years, he plans to retire at the end of 2023.
“The last 10 years as President and CEO of NPB have been the highlight of...
Check out the 2023 Peanut Grower Pest Management Guide. It includes updates to the Disease Risk Index as well as Insect Management and Weed Management sections.
Whitetail deer are a significant economic threat to row crop production in Alabama. While his specialty includes crop insect pests, Alabama Cooperative Extension System entomologist Scott Graham has been dealing with reports of deer damage and listening as growers search for...
As farmers prepare for the upcoming growing seasons, the dawning of a new year is a reminder of the new things to come. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is planning two precision agriculture workshops in February. These workshops are...
This program will help the South Carolina agricultural community develop barrier-free farming.
– Dale Layfield, Clemson associate professor of agricultural education
Aging and ailments limit some South Carolina farmers, but faculty and researchers at Clemson and South Carolina State universities are...
UGA researchers work to develop innovative solutions to aflatoxin contamination in peanuts
⋅ BY MARIA M. LAMEIRAS ⋅
UGA Cooperative Extension
On a warm morning in mid-September, tractor-drawn peanut-digging equipment burrowed beneath the peanut vines on the first of Tift County peanut...
⋅ BY SUSAN HIMES ⋅
Texas A&M AgriLife
Optional auxin training offered
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the 2023 Southwest Texas Crop Kick-off program on Jan. 18 for Frio, Medina, Uvalde and Zavala counties.
The program will be from 8 a.m.-2:30...
Field days are an opportunity to see research plots and to learn how those findings can be applied in growers’ fields. At the 2022 peanut field day at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, South Carolina,...
The expression of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus comes from a combination of factors.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
In 2022, losses to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus were estimated at 7% across the Southeastern production area. It’s as great a loss as...
How much money will be available for agriculture programs is the big question?
Changes in the new Farm Bill will mostly be about money. That was the message from Joe Outlaw, co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center in...
It will take two to three years for a baseline, but much was accomplished
in the pilot program.
In 2021, the U.S. peanut industry came together to fund an effort to document, track and communicate the sustainability of U.S. peanut production,...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
U of A System Division of Agriculture
The droughty summer of 2022 made harvest both easier and more challenging for Arkansas’ peanut farmers.
“The hot summer conditions suppressed flowering and thus suppressed pod set for several weeks...
America’s fondness for peanuts accounts for 65% of all U.S. nut consumption. Per person, which equates to nearly eight pounds annually.
But what’s to be done with the estimated 40 million to 70 million pounds of peanut skins that are...
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