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University of Georgia agricultural economists offer the ‘2025 Georgia Ag Forecast Peanut Situation And Outlook.’ The year 2024 brought unique challenges for peanut producers across the United States. In Georgia, the season began with delays because of a wet spring,...

An American Peanut Council delegation traveled to Thailand in early February as part of the Agriculture Department’s trade mission to expand agricultural exports and strengthen trade ties in Southeast Asia. “The peanut industry is excited to participate in this important...

Researchers take proactive measures to protect the U.S. peanut industry from this devastating fungal disease. Peanut smut, a soilborne fungal disease caused by Thecaphora frezzii, was first described in 1962 infecting wild peanut in Brazil. The disease did not appear...

For U.S. agricultural exporters, the past four years held many challenges, pandemic disruptions, wars, transportation troubles and higher costs, rising farmer input costs, weather devastation, weak export market economies, strength of the U.S. dollar and continued uncertainty in the...

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. Acquires Tiger-Sul Tessenderlo Group announced that its subsidiary, Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., has acquired Tiger-Sul, a North American focused provider of sulfur-based fertilizer products, from Platte River Equity. The acquisition closed in November 2024. The acquisition strengthens TKI’s specialty...

High-school student Harrison Carter is paving the way for the future of farming and manufacturing through a unique program. Tackling complex global challenges through lab work, data analysis and critical thinking might seem daunting, but high school students like Harrison...

Good harvest weather contributed to the Virginia-Carolina’s above-average yielding crop. A wide range of environmental conditions faced farmers in the Virginia-Carolina region in 2024. Rainfall and temperatures in May were adequate for good stand establishment and early season growth says...

The 2025 version of the Peanut Disease Risk Index, known as Peanut Rx, contains changes to the cultivar/variety section. There have been few changes to the index except in terms of varietal point values and also minor updates in...

January is a good time to make plans for the 2025 crop year and learn new practices, as well as consider what worked and didn’t work in the past year. The following are a couple of conferences that producers...

Alabama Extension peanut agronomist Kris Balkcom outlines challenges from 2024 as producers look ahead to this year. Plus, two conferences offer additional learning opportunities To prepare for the coming crop year, most experts agree that it’s important to look at what...

LandScan Secures Digital Twin Patent A groundbreaking patent, granted to LandScan, marks the first of its kind in the agriculture sector, involving the use of digital twin technology to revolutionize site characterization and precision farming practices. The advent of digital twin...

A University of Georgia research team collaborates on oil production and varieties. A new study by experts in the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is seeking to increase the value of Georgia’s peanut crops for new...

The two-spotted spider mite is a small pest that was a big problem in fields this summer. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ The master of surviving high temperatures, the two-spotted spider mite was a frequent pest to peanut fields this summer....

HudsonAlpha scientists are using genomics and biotechnology to address aflatoxin and drought stress. Peanuts are a crucial cash crop for countless farmers in the United States and across the globe. Their cultivation generates income, fosters rural development and empowers communities,...

An agricultural engineer for NPRL, Joseph McIntyre, is working on projects to make storing and drying peanuts safer. Specifically, he is working on an early fire detection sensor and system for peanut warehouses, which also has potential in cotton...