⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ If forecasts hold, the Mississippi River level at Memphis, Tennessee, will again fall below zero as harvest season takes hold, raising the specter of the last two seasons’ higher freight rates, piled up grain and weaker...

⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅ Lack of personnel and sketchy maps are among the stumbling blocks as the Environmental Protection Agency works pesticide approvals through the lens of the Endangered Species Act, according to a senior EPA adviser. The courts have...

Gary Roberson, a native son of North Carolina and agricultural engineer at North Carolina State University, retired in early 2024 after four decades as a teacher and Extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural Engineering. He retired as the...

Rains Led To Skippy Stands, Replanting Decisions I’ve been asked this question a lot over the past few weeks, “What is the condition of the peanut crop?” Overall, the crop has improved during this time, but issues this season include...

Doing things ‘the old way’ is this Southampton, Virginia, peanut producer’s passion. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ From articles in both Southern Living and Garden and Gun, to a feature on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers.gov “Friday’s on the Farm”...

Jacob Forehand was recently named Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center’s new peanut Extension specialist. He will provide information to producers in the Virginia peanut-growing region, organize field day events and conduct applied research focusing on peanut variety evaluation...

A Weed Science Society of America survey identifies robotics and precision weed management as needed skills. Technical competencies among weed scientists will likely need to expand quickly to accomplish future research priorities, according to recent results from a Weed Science...

Auburn researchers look for ways to increase average yields and manage input costs. Peaks and valleys is one way to describe yields U.S. peanut producers have had over the years. These inconsistencies are prompting Auburn University researchers to search for...

⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ Most everyone would agree that determining when to dig peanuts was a challenge this past year, and many farmers did not get the grades and yields they wanted, especially on the earliest harvested portion of...

Clemson University’s precision ag team searches for an objective way to determine when to change digger blades. ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ Scooping up and slicing the taproot is the start of peanut harvest, and blades are a primary part of...

The peanut industry continues in a wait-and-see mode as the startup of 2024 adds more unknowns to the market mix. Peanut producers and industry leaders agree that since cotton and corn prices were not as profitable, peanuts would likely...

Ag Committee Approves Farm Bill The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture voted to pass the Farm Bill, titled “The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024” in a 33-21 vote. Four democrats – Reps. Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Yadira Caraveo...

The Weed Science Society of America routinely surveys leaders in weed science to identify important weed research topics for the next five to 10 years. You can read the article on page 16, but what the survey found is...

⋅ BY RYAN McGEENEY ⋅ From the time he was a child on his parents' cattle ranch, Zachary Treadway knew he wanted a life in agriculture. As the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture's newest agronomist, he'll have the...

Nutrien Ag Solutions announces the acquisition of Suncor Energy’s AgroScience assets, which consists of several patented and patent pending technologies in the area of biocontrol. This new biocontrol technology is expected to introduce chlorin-based photosensitizer to the global market...