The Wild Arachis Species Special Session of the APRES annual meeting is now named to honor Dr. Charles Simpson.
The American Peanut Research and Education Society recently announced that the 2024 annual meeting would host the inaugural Charles Simpson Wild...
The new UGA-Tifton lab will fuel innovation in precision agriculture.
With the global population expected to increase from 8 billion to 9.7 billion by 2050, agricultural researchers and producers are faced with the looming challenges of how to feed a...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the 2023 production estimates in January showing U.S. peanut yields down 7% from 2022 at 3,740 pounds per acre. As shown in Figure 1, a majority of states’ peanut yields declined in 2023...
The peanut market is very quiet. Currently, raw-shelled peanuts are available from 68 to 72 counts, and buyers come in as needed for spot sales. The market seems to believe that supplies will be below average causing the price...
House, Senate Release Farm Bill Priorities
In the first full week of May, both the Senate and House agriculture committees released priorities and proposals on the Farm Bill.
On the Senate side, agriculture committee chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) says their version...
This issue of Peanut Grower developed a theme quite innocently enough. As an industry, we are pretty good at recognizing both the pioneers and the everyday person in the trenches who bring a lot to the table for peanut...
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...
Know Your Seed’s Germination Percentage
Planters are slowly starting to roll this week in West and Central Texas and the Rolling Plains. South Texas peanut planting will start in the next two to three weeks. By this time, producers know...
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...
Farmers usually get excited about this time of the year. The smell of the fresh-turned dirt brings back the good old days when the forefathers felt that production of food, fiber, fuel and shelter were all positive goals that...
USDA Releases Prospective Plantings Report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the Prospective Plantings report in late March. The report provides estimates of U.S. farmers’ 2024 planting intentions based on surveys conducted during the first two...
Maybe it’s because I am getting older as are my parents or that I have now experience with a passing friend’s estate, but succession planning has been on my mind of late. It’s a complex process even with the...
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