Be ready as conditions in 2014 may favor the return of foliage feeders.
As the saying goes, the only certainties in life are death and taxes. However, you can probably add to that at least some level of pressure from...
On behalf of The Peanut Grower and sponsors of the anniversary issue, a check is presented at the annual festival.
To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of The Peanut Grower magazine in November 2013, One Grower Publishing chose to donate a...
USDA announces sign-up period at FSA offices.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that eligible farmers and ranchers can sign up for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance programs restored by passage of the 2014 Farm Bill.
Years Of Waiting
"We...
Jason Woodward, Texas Agri-Life Extension Plant Pathologist
With the 2014 growing season upon us, peanut producers in the Southwest remain optimistic even though the continuing drought conditions experienced throughout much of the winter is enough to test anyone. By now,...
New Crossover Insecticide/Fungicide
Innvictis Crop Care, LLC, announces the launch of Crossover, an insecticide plus fungicide premix formulated into a convenient and stable emulsifiable concentrate. It is labeled for corn, cotton and soybeans, plus cucurbits. Crossover combines a triazole fungicide...
Peanut root-knot nematodes are frequently under-managed either because the symptoms are not recognized or because growers are reluctant to take the steps needed to ensure adequate control. The following are steps producers can take to reduce root-knot nematode damage...
Counting the days to start a disease management program may give the disease a good head start.
Climate and past history are two factors producers can use to help predict potential disease problems for the coming season. While the spring...
Peanuts are a food ingredient from planting until consumption. Because of this, producers should always keep food safety in mind when getting this edible crop from the ground and to the next link in the processing chain. Planting is...
Warrant now labeled for use in peanuts; early postemergence application recommended.
Peanut growers looking to control their fields' toughest weeds – including Palmer pigweed, waterhemp, lambsquarters, giant foxtail and nightshade, among other small-seeded broadleaf weeds and grasses – have yet...
A uniform stand and herbicide activation are two goals of good water management from the start.
The abundant rains of last year and through the winter should not be expected to continue, and producers should be ever mindful of the...
InnoInnoquest, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of sensors and measurement instruments, has released the SpotOn Spray Tip Tool Kit that will help operators check the status of spray tips in just 10 seconds. "This preassembled kit gives sprayer operators...
Finally A Five-Year Farm Bill
After two years of debates and delays, H.R. 2642, the Agricultural Act of 2014, has been passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Obama. The 950-page bill rewrites the commodity programs and...
The approval of the Farm Bill by the House and Senate and with the President's signature will eventually, and hopefully, eliminate some uncertainty in the industry and help make peanut markets more transparent to the grower. However, writing about...
JASON WOODWARD
Texas Agri-Life Extension
Plant Pathologist
Final planted area for the Southwest in 2013 was approximately 136,000 acres, down about 40,000 acres from the previous year. This region is unique in that all four market types – runner, Spanish, Valencia and...
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