Some of my favorite memes are those that fit “You had one job.” It’s often a picture – school spelled incorrectly, a sign posted upside down or something like hamburger buns in the hotdog bun bag.
Let’s face it, everyone...
Strong La Niña effects are most associated with severe drought.
Wet and warm are growing conditions Alabama producers are familiar with. However, they are not as accustomed to the same weather during the winter season.
The National Weather Service has released...
If root-knot nematode is the nemesis in your field, try resistance.
· By Amanda Huber ·
Research pathologists are often eager to share what they have learned in trials. Sometimes it is difficult to see the differences, which only come to...
When University of Georgia peanut pathologist Bob Kemerait does something, he does it wholeheartedly.
A passionate advocate for producers near his academic home at the University of Georgia Tifton campus and around the world, Kemerait describes himself as “a field...
The peanut market is quiet as firmer prices and lack of demand remains. Most analysts believe that markets will be this way through the New Year as shellers and farmers prepare for new crop contracting. The industry is ending...
Protecting seed against the myriad of possible pathogens takes a good chemistry combination.
· By Amanda Huber ·
Seed treatments are one of the fundamental inputs available for peanut. The importance of this first line of defense was reinforced in 2020...
Going After Aflatoxin
Aspergillus flavus presents a significant threat to the U.S. peanut industry. The expression of A. flavus, aflatoxin, impacts every aspect of the peanut supply chain. Even in a low-aflatoxin year, such as 2020, costs range into the...
Check out the 2022 Peanut Grower Pest Management Guide. It includes updates to the Disease Risk Index as well as Insect Management and Weed Management sections.
There was good news and bad news at the 6th Annual South Carolina Ag Outlook Conference. The good news: sale prices for commodities are trending up. Unfortunately, so are the costs associated with producing them.
Walt Morgan, crop insurance agent...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Peanuts again proved to be a popular, if somewhat niche, investment for Arkansas growers in 2021.
Andy Vangilder, agriculture and natural resources Extension educator for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said that as...
Alabama producers can brush up on best management practices and prepare for the upcoming growing seasons at the 2022 Alabama Row Crops Short Course. The course will be held Tuesday, Jan. 18, and Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Embassy...
The 2021 Peanut Variety Trial preliminary yield data is now available on the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Official Variety Trials website (https://www.mafes.msstate.edu/variety-trials/includes/crops/peanuts.asp).
The MAFES Official Variety Trials examine yield as well as other data such as maturity date,...
The LSU AgCenter is hosting a Winter Crop Meeting on Dec. 15 at the Scott Center on the Macon Ridge Research Station in Winnsboro, Louisiana. The goal is to give row crop producers information on strategies to diversify current...
When University of Georgia peanut pathologist Bob Kemerait does something, he does it wholeheartedly.
A passionate advocate for producers both near his academic home at the University of Georgia Tifton campus and around the world, Kemerait describes himself as “a...
Letter Asks For Help With EU
In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the U.S. Peanut Federation together with Reps. David Scott, D-Ga., and Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., requested help in restoring trade with the European Union.
The letter read...
