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...

Once a month, I get an enewsletter with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer outlining current farmer sentiment. Although from the Midwest, the concerns are pretty universal throughout agriculture. This month revealed a modest increase in farmer sentiment. When...

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service have broken ground on a new state-of-the-art research facility housing the Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory and the Crop Genetics and...

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,...

Peanut producers roll into 2024 with lower commodity prices and higher inflation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that farm income will drop 25% from last year, news that took center stage at their recent Agricultural Outlook Forum. The...

Sustainability Roundtable Representatives from the manufacturing, shelling and grower segments of the peanut industry came together recently for a forum on sustainability. Highlighted were the efforts underway by the industry to capture metrics on sustainable practices. Hosted by the American...