By Joy Crosbyin Front-page, GROWERS, MEDIA
TIFTON, Ga. — Make plans to attend the 49th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton,...
ALLISON FLOYD
ATHENS, GEORGIA
More than 4,000 miles separate the capital cities of Senegal in West Africa and Uganda in East Africa. If you drove eight hours a day, it would take you more than two weeks to make the journey.
Yet both countries grow peanuts and, like...
KATIE NICHOLS
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA
Every peanut counts. In a time when agricultural markets are unpredictable, Alabama Extension is helping peanut producers understand how the value of their crop is determined and providing the steps to calculate it.
Aaron Wells, an agronomic...
This vial holds Aspergillus parasiticus, a species of fungus commonly found in foodstuffs, known for producing toxic carcinogenic metabolites called aflatoxins. Sachin Rustgi, a Clemson molecular breeder, is leading a group of scientists who are studying to determine a...
Kalli, Susmitha, Yangxuan Liu, University of Georgia, Hunter D. Biram, University of Arkansas, and Fayu Chong, Virginia Tech. “Peanut Crop Insurance: What’s Available and What’s New Under the OBBB Act.” Southern Ag Today – October 27, 2025.
The One Big...
Bonnie Coblentz / STARKVILLE, Miss.
The majority of Mississippi’s peanut crop is out of the ground and looking good, with recent rain across the state in late October slowing harvest progress.
Brendan Zurweller, peanut specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension...
I’ve been skipping down memory lane lately thinking of the people I need to thank for the many wonderful years in the peanut industry and as editor of The Peanut Grower.
But my journey started even before this. My FFA...
Checklist For Successful Planting
Southwest peanut growers are busy planting peanuts in May. Please make sure you check the following suggestions to ensure the successful planting and stand establishment:
■ Maintain planter (all tubes and units) and tractor.
■ Check the soil...
Drought is expected to continue in the Southwest and expand into parts of the Southeast and Virginia-Carolina region in the early season.
In late March and early April, forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center offered...
What are the current recommendations on lime, gypsum or gypsum replacement products?
Peanuts, a legume, provide their own nitrogen through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria, and the deep tap root is good at scavenging residual soil phosphorus and potassium. That...
Along with Arnie, FloRun™ ‘725’ offers a high level of Tomato Spotted Wilt resistance.
A new high-yielding, disease-resistant peanut variety was released by the University of Florida’s, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center in...
Try these strategies and best practices for effective weed management in your fields.
University of Georgia’s Extension weed specialist Eric Prostko offers insights on what it takes to control weeds in peanut fields. By adhering to these guidelines, farmers can...
As expected, more acres will be planted to peanuts with acreage of rotational partners declining or staying nearly the same as 2024.
On March 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service released their annual Prospective Plantings...
Disease pressure will come to every field. Be ready with these recommendations.
University of Georgia plant pathologist Bob Kemerait reminds growers that once the furrow is closed, all of the management decisions to protect the crop from tomato spotted wilt...
Keeping pace with the Trump administration, newly confirmed U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins hit the ground running with a flurry of announcements, cancelations and visits to farm country. One visit was to the University of Georgia’s College...
