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 SUSAN M. COLLINS-SMITH ⋅
MSU Extension Service
Mississippi peanut producers should see an average year in terms of crop quality and yield.
"We'll have a good year, an average year, for peanuts," said Brendan Zurweller, peanut specialist with the Mississippi...
⋅ BY BONNIE A. COBLENTZ ⋅
MSU Extension Service
“Snow” appearing on the sides of highways and bare ground visible for miles is a sure indication that row crop harvest in Mississippi is well underway.
As of early October, the majority of the...
• By Ryan McGeeeney •
In a year of stops and starts, the Arkansas peanut harvest is not immune.
The harvesting process for peanuts is, at a minimum, a two-step process — the legumes must first be unearthed, then allowed to...
Virginia’s cotton and peanut harvests are lagging due to a series of disruptive weather events, and the threat of additional rain could further dampen farmers’ efforts.
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service Nov. 9 crop report, Virginia’s cotton and...
Texas peanut harvest is underway, and producers are expecting lower per-acre yields than last season, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Dr. Emi Kimura, AgriLife Extension agronomist and state peanut specialist, Vernon, said peanut acres were up,...
Reduce digging losses with proper setup and field checks.
• By Amanda Huber •
Once the decision to dig has been made and equipment is readied and pulled into the field, a quick field test is needed to put the final...
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...
North Carolina State University's new peanut maturity profile can be found by clicking here.
University Extension plans to print and laminate 3,000 copies, according to David Jordan, NCSU Extension peanut specialist. They will be available through local NCSU Extension offices...
Think you have what it takes to be in the "Group of 60"? Consider entering the North Carolina Peanut Production Contest.
For many years the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, in cooperation with North Carolina State Extension, has supported a...
• By Jessica Domel •
Drought took a toll on the Texas peanut crop this season.
Shelly Nutt, executive director of Texas Peanut Producers, said the crop looked good initially, but as farmers started harvesting, they noticed a yield loss.
“It’s directly...
When you’ve got a dry day in a harvest season like this, you go for it.
It was this common sense that kept Andy Vangilder, Extension peanut agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Extension plant pathologist...
Peanut harvest season in Sylvester, Georgia, is more than just farmers digging up the fruits of their labor. It’s a time of celebration for agriculture, the sector that drives the economic footprint in this rural community.
Sylvester is just one...
Georgia’s recent hot, dry weather has dryland peanut farmers making tough decisions about when to dig their crops, according to Scott Monfort, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension peanut agronomist.
Since much of south Georgia has experienced little to no rainfall...
Dialing in both the ground and conveyor speed will help minimize lost pods.
• By Amanda Huber •
As many Extension specialists and agents will tell you, more revenue can be made or lost during digging than any other aspect of peanut...
