Valley Introduces Pivot Cruise Control
Valley Irrigation recently introduced Pivot Cruise Control software, which allows producers to be even more precise with chemigation and fertigation.
With the patent pending Cruise Control, producers can program a center-pivot irrigation machine equipped with a...
A consistent, high quality, affordable supply is needed
BY TYRON SPEARMAN
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
A combination of factors worldwide, including strong cotton markets, poor quality from 2010 crops and record consumption, has caused peanut prices to dramatically increase in the last six months....
Planted Acreage Still A Question
State peanut directors continue to debate USDA’s planted acreage estimates.
Don Koehler, Georgia Peanut Commission executive director, says that unless contracts get close to $700 per ton, acreage in Georgia could be as low as 450,000...
By Amanda Huber
Yesterday, I heard those words no one ever wants to hear.
“We just can’t fix it, Mrs. Huber,” said the mechanic, at least not without a new engine that would cost several thousand dollars.
My beloved Suburban is dying....
Good yields can be achieved, but the lack of a certified organic sheller is a road block for the Southeast.
With careful timing at planting and frequent mechanical cultivation during production, growing organic peanuts throughout the Southeast, although a challenge,...
Many approaches will be needed for this destructive porcine.
By Amanda Huber
The biggest pest in peanuts today may be, well, the biggest pest, literally. Feral hogs are causing millions of dollars in damages to agricultural crops across the peanut belt....
Soon after emergence of the peanut crop, soil samples should be taken from the pegging zone, or the top three to four inches of soil, so that calcium needs can be determined.
Glen Harris, University of Georgia Extension soil fertility...
When is offset replanting worth the cost?
By Amanda Huber
Gaps in the field are a common occurrence, and, for the most part, peanuts are good about compensating for lost plants here and there. But at what point would it be...
Systemic insecticides are an effective production tool. Over 90 percent of the North Carolina peanut acreage is treated annually with phorate (Thimet) or acephate (Orthene). This eliminates the need for most foliar insecticides, unless worms or mites become a...
Five tips for managing this common disease.
It was nearly a white mold wipe out for some producers in 2010. The normal white mold “hits,” turned into full on “runs” in some fields as the temperatures skyrocketed and the rains...
Belt Insecticide Now Available
Peanut growers are aware of the significant role that armyworms, loopers, velvetbean caterpillar and the recent increase in heliothines and other hungry Lepidoptera species play in their fields. Collectively, they cause economic loss that university entomologists...
JOHN P. BEASLEY, JR.
University of Georgia
Extension Peanut Agronomist
Research clearly indicates weed management is most critical the first six weeks after planting. If a field is kept relatively weed free the first six weeks after planting, weeds that...
Stabenow Talks Farm Bill
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mi) recently told reporters, “We’re going to start right now and move through the process, and we’ll make decisions as we go along.
“In terms of an exact timetable, I think it’s in the...
By Amanda Huber
Organic peanut production continues to be researched and improved upon in both small plot and on-farm trials. However, I can tell you that I am hesitant to write about it. Last year I did, and later in...
Although many economists and peanut industry analysts predict a double-digit decrease in acreage, the National Agriculture Statistics Service says, based on their interviews with producers, the industry will only decrease total acreage by four percent in 2011. This information...
