A commitment To Go Further By Amanda Huber One occupation I have come to respect is that of the funeral home owner; it’s one of those jobs that takes very special people. When you are in need of their services –...

The Peanut Genomics Initiative has rallied the industry around the goal of making peanuts more competitive. By Amanda Huber In the grand scheme of things, peanuts are behind, way behind. The lack of disease resistance weighs heavily on yield potential, and...

Business-building strategies are on-target with consumer trends. As part of the San Francisco Street Food Festival, the National Peanut Board (NPB) donated $5,000 to La Cocina, a San Francisco-based non-profit devoted to helping up and coming food entrepreneurs. The event...

Superb growing conditions are expected to serve up record-breaking yields in 2012. By Amanda Huber Peanut Extension specialists can point to very few problems with the 2012 crop. With harvest continuing under mostly favorable conditions, it was obvious the good weather...

Balancing supply with demand is the key to sustained prices. BY J. TYRON SPEARMAN CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Water and balance are two keys to the 2012-2013 peanut market. The Southeast and Southwest are starting the season with moisture levels at record lows and...

TeeJet SpraySelect App TeeJet Technologies is pleased to offer growers and custom applicators a new tool for simplifying their spraying operations. The SpraySelect mobile app allows the user to quickly and easily choose the proper spray tip for a given...

Senate Ag Committee Issues Farm Bill The U.S. Senate Ag Committee voted to approve the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, a bipartisan Farm Bill authored by Committee Chairwoman, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, R-Minn., and Ranking Member, Sen. Pat...

Thank goodness for good examples By Amanda Huber If you are or have been affiliated in any way with the University of Georgia or have been on almost any agricultural tour at the university, you will recognize on the cover that...

Monsanto's Southeast Regional Farm Mom well known in the peanut industry By Amanda Huber Delores “Dee Dee” Darden, Smithfield, Va., was recently named Monsanto’s 2012 America’s Farmers Mom of the Year regional winner for the Southeast. One of five regional winners,...

Has research data changed recommendations for providing calcium? By Glen Harris and John Beasley, University of Georgia, and Julie Howe, Auburn University Historically, the recommendation for providing calcium to the peanut pegging zone was to apply 1,000 pounds per acre of...

Several insect pests, such as the economically damaging LCB, thrive in hot, dry weather It’s that time of year again; the time producers and consultants do battle with one of the most economically damaging pests – the lesser cornstalk borer...

In the face of resistance and crop shifts, producers can turn to Belt insecticide Strong demand has driven up peanut prices and as a result about 25 percent more acres were planted this year in the United States. To capitalize...

Will contracts return?  Will usage continue up with double-digits? BY J. TYRON SPEARMAN CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Marketing peanuts at the farm level this season has been a wild ride, ignited when a perceived peanut shortage from the 2011 crop caused shellers to...

Producers Unveil Program Needs Jimbo Grissom, president, Western Peanut Growers Association, addressed the Senate Ag Committee in Washington, D.C., recently unveiling proposals from the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, who represents growers in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, and the United...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service says, based on their interviews in late winter, growers intend to plant 1.42 million acres in 2012, up 25 percent from the previous year. Strong demand and a decline in...