Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Consider Scouting Your Peanuts In 2016

By Mark Abney, University of Georgia Extension Entomologist Insect and mite pressure in peanut can vary dramatically from year to year and even from field to field within a year. Each growing season brings with it new challenges; growers in...

PEANUT Rx 2016

In 2015, losses to tomato spotted wilt across the Southeastern production region stabilized and were similar to estimated losses from 2014 at three percent, although it was more severe in some fields than in others. Growers can achieve excellent management...

Ag Rubber Tracks From Firestone

Firestone Farm Tires, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC announced the addition of Firestone- branded agricultural rubber tracks to the Firestone Farm Tires product portfolio. The introduction of tracks solidifies the company’s commitment to the North American...

Inoculant Guide: Planning For 2016

With harvest incomplete and some areas declaring disaster from flooding, the outlook on 2016 is full of too many unknowns. However, peanuts will be planted to meet the robust demand for peanut butter and other peanut products. In many...

Quality And Quantity Affected By Poor Harvest Conditions

Down on the family peanut farm, there is much unhappiness. Commodity prices are the lowest in two decades; peanut contracts are at or below the cost of production, and that’s if you can find one. Input costs were higher...

Inoculant Guide: Helping You Grow Smart

Farming may seem to be a solitary occupation, and while producers do spend long hours in the field by themselves, every producer knows there is a team of people he works with to be successful. There is the crop...

News Briefs

Crop Insurance Update The 2015 crop is the first year that peanut producers could insure their crop with the same options offered for other crops. Peanut revenue insurance options were introduced through the cooperative efforts of AgriLogic Consulting, Georgia Peanut...

Inoculant Guide: Return on Investment

Profitability involves putting all the pieces together in a timely manner to bring about a quality product that yields above what is needed to cover costs. From planting through harvest, there is a set schedule of management steps that...

A Time To Reflect On 2015

With few exceptions, I have been on the Georgia Peanut Tour every year since the early 90s. ­ is year stood out as particularly good for the opportunities to gather new information and be reminded of information known, but...

Inoculant Guide: Preview

What does the coming season hold for you? How can you prepare for success? What production management strategies and tools can help increase your yield? Here’s what you’ll discover in this issue of The Peanut Grower Inoculant Guide: The economics of...

Rain Chances Drive Harvest

Weather threatens crop yields in the East, while the West starts harvest with a month of good field conditions. By Amanda Huber With a crop that was good in many areas, fair in others most of the season, the weather...

Inoculant Guide: The Potential for Top Yields

One small peanut seed contains all of the potential for a top-yielding crop of healthy, delicious and nutritious peanuts. However, planting the seed is not enough to achieve all of that potential. Producers must make sound planting decisions prior...

Inoculant Guide: Q & A

Q. What is the benefit of using an inoculant? A. As a legume crop, peanuts can supply their own nitrogen, but only if rhizobia bacterium is available in the root zone and in close proximity to the emerging seedling to...

Pump Series Expansion

Franklin Electric Co., Inc., has expanded its proven line of VR Series vertical, stainless steel multi-stage pumps that deliver clean water under pressure for a wide range of applications. These booster pumps are now available in 3, 5, 9,...

Going With The Flow

Now with two rotors, the Colombo peanut combine offers the potential to harvest more acres of whole, clean peanuts. Colombo North America came on the U.S. peanut landscape nearly 10 years ago. Since then, their axial-flow combines garnered the attention...

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