Peanut markets have improved this year, and the potential prospects for a profit are also positive. However, Mother Nature had other ideas and kept chipping away at maximum production. The weather interruptions limited general trading, and eventually buyers held up...

Rotation, Peanut Rx and fungicides are a good way to start planning for disease in 2022. Hosted by Alabama Cooperative Extension, University of Florida/ Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences Extension and the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, the tri-state...

In August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revoked the insecticide chlorpyrifos’ tolerances for all commodities. It was not a surprise. University of Georgia Extension entomologist Mark Abney and others Extension personnel had been warning producers about this possibility. In a...

New calculator helps producers figure liquid fertilizer flow rate, injection pump settings and a schedule for center-pivot fertigation. The days of manually calculating numbers on spreadsheets to determine how much liquid fertilizer should be used to fertigate row crops may...

Above-average rainfall and eye-popping armyworm infestations are part of the story in 2021. • By Amanda Huber • Although the ending has yet to be written on the 2021 season, the beginning and middle are all about more-than-average rains, armyworms and...

New platform for Auburn University variety testing data. Harvest was underway in Alabama, but variety trial results were already in. Now is the time for producers to begin making crop variety decisions for the 2022 planting season. Alabama Cooperative Extension System...

Good decisions and good fortune will hopefully bring outstanding yields for South Georgia farmer Ryne Powers. • By Amanda Huber • It’s been a wet year in Baxley, Georgia, as it has in much of the Southern peanut belt. Not needing...

For the second year in a row, per capita peanut consumption has increased. Calculated based on U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Census data, per capita peanut consumption has risen to an all-time high of 7.9 pounds in 2021....

Peanut harvest is underway and Clemson researchers, in conjunction with the National Peanut Lab, have developed a new tool to help farmers get a better idea of how grade affects crop value. The Clemson Peanut Loan Rate Calculator is a...

• By Ryan McGeeeney • In a year of stops and starts, the Arkansas peanut harvest is not immune. The harvesting process for peanuts is, at a minimum, a two-step process — the legumes must first be unearthed, then allowed to...

• 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...