Editor's Note

It’s time again for another Farm Bill. Like birthdays, it seems to come around faster than it did some years ago.  Besides being another opportunity to get in front of our elected officials and remind them of the importance of...

As usual in the May issue of Peanut Grower, this month includes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Prospective Plantings report issued March 31 of each year. The yearly numbers are based on a survey of...

The phone rings, and you pick it up. The caller says, “Do you mind if I kill some of your weeds?” That’s a phone call one Alabama farmer received from Auburn University’s Extension weed specialist Steve Li. What prompted...

At the Georgia Peanut Farm Show in January, the University of Georgia Peanut Team was recognized with the Georgia Peanut Commission’s Research and Education Award for their work in peanut breeding, pest pressure, soil fertility, precision technology and economics....

Some unique job opportunities are currently available in the peanut industry. In case you are contemplating a change in employment, I will offer information on two possibilities. First, the top position of the National Peanut Board, that of president and...

In 2022, the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative platform was ready for enrollment and collection of grower data from the prior season. Although findings have been released, some of which you can read about on page 20, one year of...

A theme running through this issue of The Peanut Grower is the history of peanuts. Part of that history goes back to the 1900 Paris Exposition and the introduction of the diesel engine. Although Rudolf Diesel had used everything from crude...

We might be on familiar ground with another peanut butter recall, but this time is different. Thankfully, the biggest change is that people have only been ill. Thus far, 16 people from 12 states have been affected, with two...

Peanuts planted prior to May 10 are at increased risk to thrips injury and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. That’s a standard advisory developed with the TSWV index and now with Peanut Rx.  Some peanuts had been planted by that time...

It’s the May issue of Peanut Grower, and it has just dawned on me that 2022 marks 30 years that I have been in the peanut industry.  On one hand, looking back to my beginning at the Florida Peanut Producers...

It seems like forever ago when I attended a National Peanut Board event in New York City. The two-day exhibition was at New York’s iconic Grand Central Station, followed by a chef demonstration and tasting event at the stylish...

The customer is always right. We’ve all heard this longstanding mantra of customer service often attributed to Chicago retailer, Marshall Field, as quoted in The Boston Herald in September 1905. But as a peanut industry, is our customer right?...

Over the Christmas holidays, my husband and I spent a lot of time on the road. Without going into details as to why, our journey took us from our home in North Central Florida to the westernmost destination of...

Some of my favorite memes are those that fit “You had one job.” It’s often a picture – school spelled incorrectly, a sign posted upside down or something like hamburger buns in the hotdog bun bag.  Let’s face it, everyone...

In August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revoked the insecticide chlorpyrifos’ tolerances for all commodities. It was not a surprise. University of Georgia Extension entomologist Mark Abney and others Extension personnel had been warning producers about this possibility. In a...