Good yields can be achieved, but the lack of a certified organic sheller is a road block for the Southeast.
With careful timing at planting and frequent mechanical cultivation during production, growing organic peanuts throughout the Southeast, although a challenge,...
Many approaches will be needed for this destructive porcine.
By Amanda Huber
The biggest pest in peanuts today may be, well, the biggest pest, literally. Feral hogs are causing millions of dollars in damages to agricultural crops across the peanut belt....
Soon after emergence of the peanut crop, soil samples should be taken from the pegging zone, or the top three to four inches of soil, so that calcium needs can be determined.
Glen Harris, University of Georgia Extension soil fertility...
When is offset replanting worth the cost?
By Amanda Huber
Gaps in the field are a common occurrence, and, for the most part, peanuts are good about compensating for lost plants here and there. But at what point would it be...
Systemic insecticides are an effective production tool. Over 90 percent of the North Carolina peanut acreage is treated annually with phorate (Thimet) or acephate (Orthene). This eliminates the need for most foliar insecticides, unless worms or mites become a...
Five tips for managing this common disease.
It was nearly a white mold wipe out for some producers in 2010. The normal white mold “hits,” turned into full on “runs” in some fields as the temperatures skyrocketed and the rains...
Belt Insecticide Now Available
Peanut growers are aware of the significant role that armyworms, loopers, velvetbean caterpillar and the recent increase in heliothines and other hungry Lepidoptera species play in their fields. Collectively, they cause economic loss that university entomologists...
Proper sprayer operation involves calibrating equipment often and documenting it each time.
By John Fulton
Extension Specialist, Biosystems Engineering
Auburn University
Sprayer technology has rapidly advanced in recent years with new rate control systems along with technologies such as guidance and automatic section...
Use this sampling technique to estimate underground pest pressure.
By Dr. Ayanava Majumdar “Dr. A,” Extension entomologist and state sustainable agriculture coordinator, Auburn University; and Rudy Yates, regional Extension agent, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
This past year was a difficult one...
Apply this concept to prime plants to be more efficient users of water
By Amanda Huber
In production agriculture, water is still the most limiting factor – no matter where you are or what crop you grow. But what Wilson Faircloth,...
How do you translate the value of resistance into production practices?
By Amanda Huber
Peanut Rx incorporates those production factors that affect diseases in a peanut crop, starting with the variety planted. Varieties today have improved resistance to nearly every disease...
Timely application of calcium is critical for large-seeded peanuts.
For as long as Clarkton, N.C., peanut grower Dan Ward can remember, timely application of land plaster has been a family tradition that is key to profitability.
“We apply a ton to...
How do you translate the value of resistance into production practices?
BY JASON FERRELL, EXTENSION WEED SPECIALIST, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Palmer amaranth is a tough weed that continues to march across the peanut belt. While imazapic (Cadre, Impose) was our main...
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