Drought, disease and questions about maturity hover over growers at the end of 2023.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
Instead of any one thing plaguing the peanut crop this season, it was nearly all possible problems. A cool, wet start. Soaring...
The ranch will house a Texas A&M AgriLife peanut breeding nursery among many other research initiatives.
More than 900 acres of the George Webb Slaughter Ranch in Palo Pinto County will serve a new Texas A&M AgriLife Research initiative to...
Longtime senior vice president Ryan Lepicier is named president after executive search; Parker recognized as food allergy champion.
After a nationwide executive search, the National Peanut Board recently announced Ryan Lepicier as the new president and CEO beginning Jan. 1,...
Lisa Dean is a food technologist with the USDA ARS Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit in Raleigh, North Carolina. She and her team investigate nutritional content, flavor attributes and shelf-life to maintain and improve the...
Using modern techniques, the NCSU program will bring cultivars with improved genetics to the market more quickly and efficiently.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
Four years ago, Jeff Dunne took over the helm of peanut breeding at North Carolina State University...
The UGA entomology team adds to the knowledge base of this subterranean pest while looking for risk factors and control options.
The peanut burrower bug is a tricky pest. Not only is an infestation invisible in a field from above...
It can take years of research to not only bring a fungicide to the market, but also to find how it will fit in growers’ programs.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
Abraham Fulmer, who spent seven years as a graduate student...
USDA’s Southeast Climate Hub developed commodity guides, including peanuts, to help in preparation and recovery from hurricanes.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
Much of the peanut belt has another distinction, that of being coastal states open to the threat of hurricanes....
Scouting is the best way to discover this and other yield-robbing pest problems.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
Peanuts are popping up in fields, and scouting should begin in earnest to get ahead of any potential pest problems.
“Last year was a...
How does this legislation affect you, and what can you do to help?
⋅ BY CASSIDY NEMEC ⋅
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Figuring out how the Endangered Species Act affects the agricultural industry can be both complex and frustrating. The ESA of 1973 was...
Finding the right varieties to fit their season is a task that has paid off for Oklahoma producers.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
Rogers and Hammerstein didn’t mention peanuts in their song “Oklahoma!” from the beloved musical and movie of the...
The U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit held a hearing on Tuesday, April 26, entitled “Producer Perspectives on the 2023 Farm Bill.” Representing the U.S. Peanut Federation was Daniel McMillan of Southern Grace...
By efficiently collecting large amounts of data, drones help guide advances in peanut breeding.
A team of faculty in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is part of an award-winning, multistate project that has helped accelerate the use...
How reliable are the U.S. Department of Agriculture Prospective Planting report numbers as collected primarily based on surveys conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service? The NASS planted acreage projections across the U.S. generally hold well with low predictive...
Growers indicate their prospective crop mix for the 2023 season.
According to the Prospective Plantings report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, peanut producers intend to plant 1.55 million acres in 2023, up 7% from 2022....
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