Timely application of calcium is critical for large-seeded peanuts. For as long as Clarkton, N.C., peanut grower Dan Ward can remember, timely application of land plaster has been a family tradition that is key to profitability. “We apply a ton to...

How do you translate the value of resistance into production practices? BY JASON FERRELL, EXTENSION WEED SPECIALIST, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA  Palmer amaranth is a tough weed that continues to march across the peanut belt. While imazapic (Cadre, Impose) was our main...

Ag Committee Members Announced House Agriculture Committee Chairman-elect Frank Lucas, Okla., announced the new Republican members of the committee. The members are as follows: Bob Gibbs, OH; Martha Roby, AL; Scott Tipton, CA; Rick Crawford, AR; Chris Gibson, NY; Bobby Schilling,...

BY TYRON SPEARMAN CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Markets for key commodities grown in the peanut belt are doing some crazy things this fall, and the excitement is spilling over into the peanut market. Two years ago, it was the corn market and the expansion...

Two of the crops I am most concerned with are peanuts, of course, and cotton. A sister publication to Peanut Grower is Cotton Farming, and in most every issue I have an article. I know far more about peanuts, but...