2013 Crop Estimate USDA predicted in November that peanut production would be about 3.90 billion pounds or 1,950,425 tons, up five percent from the September forecast, but down 42 percent from last year’s revised production of 6.76 billion pounds. Area for...

By J. Tyron Spearman Contributing Editor A pipeline of old and new crop peanuts and cheap prices from other commodities have dampened the hopes of a profitable 2014 for producers. The 2012 crop filled warehouses, and producers, knowing that production had...

By Amanda Huber Editor No doubt city folks would not understand our rural humor and vice versa, but I hope many of you will get a chuckle out of my story. My dad had four older brothers and I ended up being...

By Wayne Buhler, Assistant Department Head and Extension Specialist, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University The Pesticide Environmental Stewardship (PES) website, found at www.pesticidestewardship.org, is a resource for information on proper pesticide handling and environmental stewardship. The site...

Valley Irrigation Launches Redesigned Website  Valley Irrigation, makers of precision irrigation, has redesigned its website, at www.ValleyIrrigation.com, to better serve its customers. The new website makes it easy to research a product or contact a Valley dealer. Growers can find product...

New Ag Deputy Secretary From Georgia Krysta Harden of Camilla, Ga., is the new Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. A Georgia native, Harden has served as the chief of staff at USDA since 2011, where she earned high regard from a...

By J. Tyron Spearman Contributing Editor Despite a whopping supply from 2012, no Farm Bill, a sequester situation and a full-on government shutdown, the peanut market is going strong. Planting season was unusually cool and wet, and rains continued through the season...

By Amanda Huber Editor I think of myself as a confident and determined person who is willing to work hard to get the job done. Yet, I cannot imagine having stepped out on sheer faith to start The Peanut Grower like...

Your generosity will help those in need. Starting with its first issue published in 1989, The Peanut Grower has been a reliable and trusted resource for growers and industry, providing readers with the latest production, research and market news. To commemorate...

As The Peanut Grower celebrates 25 years in the industry, Amadas Industries is proudly celebrating 50 Years of Innovation as a global leader in the manufacture of advanced harvest systems for peanuts. Amadas Industries builds a full portfolio of...

While team members have changed over the years, one constant is the outstanding job they do to provide valuable information to producers By John P. Beasley, UGA Extension Peanut Agronomist It has been an amazing 28-year ride! It seems like yesterday,...

Phenomenal success has been achieved by working together and accepting change. By John Baldwin Retired Professor Emeritus Along with a few others, The Peanut Grower magazine, which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary in circulation, has been an avenue for distributing information...

What a challenge it has been, but what great people and what a great product we have. By Tyron Spearman Co-founder and Contributing Editor I recall the day that Cathy Andrews walked into my Advertising Agency office in Tifton and said she...

How hard work and determination turn a startup into a success. By Craig Kvien The failure rate is high, competing products are tough and you put a fair amount of money on the table before you have the first issue out....