Severe drought and significant pressure from Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus are headlines of this season.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
By mid-October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service rated the total U.S. peanut crop as 8% excellent and...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Peanuts again proved to be a popular, if somewhat niche, investment for Arkansas growers in 2021.
Andy Vangilder, agriculture and natural resources Extension educator for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said that as...
• By Travis Faske •
Based on U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency reports, there were approximately 34,000 acres of peanut planted in Arkansas. This is 8% fewer acres than planted in 2020 (37,000).
Some of this had to do...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Arkansas growers responded to a global economy beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic with shifting acreage, betting big on corn and pulling back from cotton, according to data from a U.S. Department of Agriculture...
• By Mary Hightower •
May’s dark parade of rain has provided frustration aplenty for Arkansas farmers trying to get a crop in the ground, however, “this past week could’ve been much worse,” said Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice agronomist for...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As world markets slowly unfurl from the global knot of the COVID-19 pandemic, futures markets for both soybean and corn responded in a powerfully positive manner March 31 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Despite a year dominated by major weather systems run amuck and a global pandemic, most of Arkansas’ major crops came out ahead in 2020, according to a Jan. 12 report from the U.S. Department of...
• By Mary Hightower •
Despite a plant-then-replant start, the 2020 Arkansas peanut growing season ended with a smoother harvest than in previous years thanks to weather and a couple of new buying points, Andy Vangilder, an Extension educator for...
New shelling plants are in the works, and one came online in August.
If the building of new industry infrastructure in the form of shelling facilities is a positive sign, then peanuts are well poised for the future.
Farmers in southwest...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As 2020 peanut prices gradually catch up to those offered in 2019, the popular legume, now planted on an estimated 35,000-36,000 acres across Arkansas, continues to look like an increasingly good bet for growers with...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Once upon a time, the phrase “coming to a screen near you” meant a new cinematic feat was on its way, either in movie theaters or, more cozily, your living room.
Between the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic...
Arkansas peanut growers faced harsh weather challenges in 2019, including weeks when the rain never seemed to end and a late-season deep freeze.
In early November, a mass of Arctic air dropped temperatures to record lows in many parts of...
A successful Arkansas economy relies on two essential elements: agriculture and farmers. Unfortunately, fewer young people are choosing to farm, leaving a widening knowledge disparity for those watching over crops.
The Cooperative Extension Service has turned that conundrum into an...
A jump in peanut acreage is expected thanks to this new infrastructure.
Arkansas may soon see its biggest year in peanut production since the U.S. Department of Agriculture began tracking the crop in the state in 2015 as growers respond...
The strangeness of Arkansas’ rain-soaked planting season sloshed over into Friday’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Acreage report, with the agency saying it would be collecting additional information on the state’s soybeans and cotton.
NASS said that in July, it would...
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