The first leaf spot fungicide application depends on several factors.
⋅ BY DAN ANCO ⋅
CLEMSON EXTENSION PEANUT SPECIALIST
A question that comes up often during production meetings in South Carolina is when should a farmer consider starting a fungicide spray at 30...
This family farming operation uses premium disease protection and varietal resistance instead of buying more spray equipment.
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅
A challenging year is how Joey Williams and his wife, Melissa, describe 2022, and they know challenging. Farming history for...
Fungicide applications at this point often involve levels of disease and projected digging date.
⋅ By Amanda Huber ⋅
Late peanut season may seem like a race to the finish. Unfortunately, it is often a race between diseases, such as leaf...
Avoid the ‘perfect storm’ situation for a leaf spot control failure.
⋅ By Amanda Huber ⋅
Anticipating what might happen with disease pressure in your fields and providing research-based strategies to mitigate that yield destroyer are what plant pathologists do, says...
• By Ethan Carter, De Broughton and Nick Dufault •
As we near the end of August, many peanut fields in the Panhandle range from 100 to 125 days after planting (DAP). This late in the season, some growers are...
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered AZterknot fungicide from Vive Crop Protection for use on a wide array of crops, including corn, cotton, peanuts, rice and soybeans.
It is a premix of a traditional fungicide, azoxystrobin, and a biological, an...
Check out the 2021 Peanut Grower Pesticide Guide. It includes updates to the Disease Risk Index as well as Insect Management and Weed Management sections.
Peanut growers have a new defense against white mold with Excalia fungicide from Valent U.S.A. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted federal registration of Excalia, which offers white mold control even under heavy pressure, to help growers prevent the...
Seed quality sets the tone for season-long effects in the Southeast.
• By Amanda Huber, Editor •
The Southeast crop seemed to be fated from the start. A drought in late-season 2019 meant that seed peanuts would likely have germination problems....
July brings a series of decisions that are generally associated with disease management. While herbicides will need to be applied in some fields and there could be outbreaks of foliar-feeding insects (hopefully not spider mites), the key to optimizing...
Favorable weather could signal an earlier onset of fungal disease.
• By Amanda Huber •
It was the second warmest March on record across the globe according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For the Southeast, the area was...
2019 was not a banner year in Alabama, and many are glad it is behind us. The extreme heat and drought reduced yield and income, particularly because of the increase in Seg 3s. Acreage was down to 156,000, and...
The Seam Working With Delta Peanut
The Seam, a provider of trading and agribusiness software solutions, announced that it will be working with Delta Peanut LLC, a new shelling operation based in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
The Seam’s platform is designed with foundational...
Current drought conditions could negatively influence Georgia peanut farmers’ plans for this year’s dryland crop, according to University of Georgia Cooperative Extension peanut agronomist Scott Monfort.
While some fields are just a few weeks away from harvest, Monfort cautions growers...
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Revysol, the branded active ingredient name for mefentrifluconazole from BASF. State registrations are pending.
In peanuts, it will be marketed under the Provysol product brand name.
The DMI fungicide, which provides broad-spectrum control of a...
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