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From Field to Table: Meet the Farmers Behind Alabama’s Peanut Crop During National Peanut Month, the Alabama Peanut Producers Association is proud to highlight the farmers who work year-round to grow one of Alabama’s most iconic crops. For peanut farmers...

By Joy Crosbyin Front-page, GROWERS, MEDIA WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a two-day markup held by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 was officially passed by the Committee early this morning by a 34-17 vote. The...

How NPB Is Writing What’s Next for Peanut Farmers Ryan Lepicier, President & CEO, National Peanut Board At the National Peanut Board, we have been developing and launching our 2026-2028 Strategic Plan. It's built on a refreshed mission: to cultivate the...

Written by David Jordan  At production meetings this year and last year, I have commented on the comparison of Brake versus Valor SX. Both herbicides need a Group 15 herbicide as a partner. My comments are based on side-by-side comparisons...

By Emily Cabrera Takeaways Over $6 million in combined funding from the Gates Foundation and Mars Inc. is advancing a decades-long breeding effort to deliver disease-resistant peanuts in sub-Saharan Africa and protect peanut production in the Southeast. UGA researchers are using...

DAVID JORDAN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Higher Levels of Tomato Spotted Wilt in 2025? Towards the end of the growing season last year, I heard a bit more discussion about farmers seeing more tomato spotted wilt than they were used to seeing. I...

Peanut Ring Nematode Populations vs Aflatoxin SARALA GIRI, JOHN MULLER, HEHE WANG, SALEH AHMED AND DANIEL ANOCO BLACKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA Peanut production is affected by many soil-borne pathogens, which reduce peanut yield and quality. Among many important pathogens is the Peanut ring...

DAVID JORDAN / RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA I talked with a grower who plans to plant peanuts behind soybeans at some point in the future. With high prices for corn inputs, this grower will replace corn in 2026 with soybeans and...

Specialists Speaking Emi Kimura TEXAS Early season weed management is critical; effective early control typically reduces the difficulty of management later in the season. In peanut production, there are five primary herbicide application timings: pre-plant burndown (PP), pre-plant incorporated (PPI), pre-emergence (PRE),...

Specialists Speaking Kris Balkcom ALABAMA Economics has been the driver of peanut acreage for the past few years. We have continued to lean heavier on peanuts recently due to the cheap cotton price compared to peanuts. Right now, 2026 seems to be...

Rob Mills / Peanut Grower The passing of former First Lady Rosalyn Carter may have jogged a few memories of how the Carter family of Plains, Georgia first came to prominence in the 1970’s.  It was their success in the peanut...

RYAN LEPICIER President & CEO, , National Peanut Board Almost two years ago, I shared my first message as CEO of the National Peanut Board, discussing "Planting the Seeds of Success." At that time, I reflected on the promise and opportunities...

WAYNE LEWIS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Peanut allergies affect 1 in 50 children, and the most severe cases lead to a potentially deadly immune reaction called anaphylactic shock. Currently, there is only one approved treatment that reduces the severity of the allergic reaction,...

2026 Market Outlook For Peanuts, Cotton, Corn KEVIN ATHEARN LIVE OAK, FLORIDA The USDA revised ending stock projections downward for peanuts and cotton and upward for corn in the January crop reports released this week (Oil Crops Outlook and WASDE). Based on report data,...

Most of state’s crop goes to candy, peanut butter. Linda Geist / Sr. Strategic Communications Consultant / extension.missouri.edu Peanut harvest at the MU Fisher Delta Research Center in Portageville is part of a research project to improve peanut production in the...