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Southwest Georgia peanut farmer Casey Cox Kerr discusses what drew her back to the farm and what she plans to leave for future generations. When Casey Cox Kerr was a child, she watched her dad farm while snacking on raw...

From chlorpyrifos to dicamba, growers can’t help being confused by recent rulings. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ That courts now complicate pesticide registration and application is something growers should get used to, say University of Georgia Extension specialists. Both peanuts and...

Use past problems and multiple management tools to combat pathogens in your fields. ⋅ BY NICHOLAS DUFAULT ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PLANT PATHOLOGY A review of past disease problems that affected the peanut crop offers a good look at...

Despite no Farm Bill, the U.S. Congress is at work on agricultural legislation. The U.S. Congress recently passed legislation that included six appropriations packages: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies;...

The American Peanut Council is heading to South Korea as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s agribusiness trade mission. APC applied for and was accepted to join the mission to Seoul in March led by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Affairs...

Time, thought and awareness can help prevent many problems with weed management. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ It was Marcus Tullious Cicero, a statesman, lawyer and philosopher whose principles led to the establishment of the Roman Empire, who possibly first wrote,...

“Deer are the new feral hogs,” is a sentiment heard from many Georgia farmers in the past few years. Damage from an increasing number of deer is impacting growers across multiple crops and causing economic losses into the thousands...

Questions and answers about calcium, a critical element needed in the top 4 inches of soil. As a legume, peanuts use the symbiotic relationship with bacteria added as an inoculant to fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by the...

Three of these critical problems can only be tackled at planting. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ One of the greatest mystery novelist’s later works in her series of Hercule Poirot stories is The Big Four. In this story, Agatha Christie has...

Early pest control and vigorous growth from the start pay dividends all season long.  As unpredictable as peanuts can be, it’s a relief to have options with planting fast approaching. “We’ll probably be planting sometime in May,” says Eddie Polin,...

Remember the lessons learned but stick with proven methods this season. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ The best thing I can tell you in 2024, says University of Georgia Extension agronomist Scott Monfort, is “Don’t use 2023 as a measuring stick....

A ‘roller coaster’ season at least has some high points. Drought continues to linger in patches of the state, but Texas agricultural producers face much better cropping outlooks going into spring says Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. In late September...

Nearly everyone agrees that peanuts have a great story to tell. It’s a nutritious food and good source of affordable protein. The crop fits into a rotation with other crops. The water footprint to grow peanuts is much less...

With production matching demand and little competition for acres, peanut planting is expected to be about the same in 2024. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ Before looking ahead to 2024’s economic outlook, it is helpful to take a look at what...

Opposition Raised To Changing The Reference Price Farm groups have met with members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees in Washington D.C. and urged leaders to raise reference prices in the new Farm Bill since costs of production...