• By Kay Ledbetter •
The longtime goal to preserve both peanut quality and seed integrity is a step closer after Texas A&M AgriLife and the Texas Peanut Producers Board jointly unveiled a new $1 million-plus peanut sheller.
The sheller...
A decade ago, University of Georgia plant scientists David and Soraya Bertioli were living and working in Brazil when they began to wonder about peanut plants they encountered in different corners of the world with an astounding ability to...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
The peanut industry is getting excited to learn what a new $1 million-plus peanut sheller at Texas A&M AgriLife Foundation Seed in Vernon will mean to improvements in seed production and marketability.
Texas A&M AgriLife and...
• By Ethan Carter, De Broughton and Nick Dufault •
As we near the end of August, many peanut fields in the Panhandle range from 100 to 125 days after planting (DAP). This late in the season, some growers are...
• By Travis Faske •
Based on U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency reports, there were approximately 34,000 acres of peanut planted in Arkansas. This is 8% fewer acres than planted in 2020 (37,000).
Some of this had to do...
Mississippi’s peanut crop is well on its way to a strong finish for 2021.
“The crop is in good condition,” said Brendan Zurweller, peanut specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. “Although our acreage is down from last year,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revoked all tolerances for chlorpyrifos and plans to issue a notice of intent to cancel registered food uses of the insecticide associated with the revoked tolerances.
The final rule announcing the revocations becomes effective...
The University of Georgia cotton and peanut teams will host 2021's UGA Cotton & Peanut Research Field Day Sept. 8 in Tifton, Georgia.
This annual event provides an excellent opportunity for anyone who is interested in learning more about our...
Texas peanut growers have favorable market and growing conditions, and with a little down-the-stretch cooperation from Mother Nature, 2021 could be a bumper year, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.
Dr. Emi Kimura, AgriLife Extension state peanut specialist,...
There are two species of rootworm in Georgia peanut fields, the southern corn rootworm and the banded cucumber beetle. The immature or larval stage of both species feeds on developing peanut pods and requires moist soil conditions for survival....
• By Barry Tillman and Scott Monfort •
Excessive peanut vine growth can be problematic in several ways. First, too much vine can increase disease because of the ability of the canopy to hold moisture and the inability of fungicides...
Continued rainfall in Georgia is mostly good news for peanut growers from an insect management point of view (disease management is a different story, but Dr. Bob Kemerait can tell that one).
The most damaging pest of peanut in Georgia...
Bob Sutter, Dell Cotton and Marianne Catalano were recently recognized for their contributions to the peanut industry in the Virginia-Carolina Region.
They received the Corteva Excellence in Education Award presented by the American Peanut Research and Education Society.
Sutter is retiring...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
For 54 years, Dr. Charles Simpson, has been making a difference in the peanut products America eats — and on July 1, he was honored by the American Peanut Council with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Arkansas growers responded to a global economy beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic with shifting acreage, betting big on corn and pulling back from cotton, according to data from a U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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