1. Field Selection / Rotation: Peanuts require well-drained land and do best on soils with a sandy surface. Avoid fields with recent soybean history as best you can and eliminate from future rotation. Sustainable production requires a minimum of...
A peanut broker recently told farmers that the price of peanut kernels was indicating to shellers that we will need fewer peanuts in 2019 than was handled in 2018. This is because of weak domestic demand and uncertainty with...
Dry, wet, damaged and delayed – how many different weather events can happen in one season?
Mark Twain once said, “In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” Multiply that by how many...
Rain every few days, and eventually snow, hinder producers’ ability to gather this crop.
Arkansas farmers planted more than 20,000 acres of peanuts for the third straight year, but this year were enduring a harvest that dragged into December.
“Arkansas peanut...
Never before have two hurricanes caused such destruction and disruption in the peanut industry.
• By Amanda Huber •
Florence was a powerful storm that weakened before making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. Michael continued to grow in strength even a...
Being the editor of The Peanut Grower magazine is more than a job for me. In fact, this year marks 20 years. At the American Research and Education Society Meeting in July, I had an occasion to count up...
2018 Farm Bill
The 2014 Farm Bill expired on Sept. 30, 2018. Congressional leaders now face the task of finding a compromise that can be approved by both chambers in a lame-duck session after the mid-term election. President Trump must...
What are the factors affecting final sprays and digging decisions?
The decision of whether to spray or not or when to start digging is not always an easy one. The decision is made more difficult when a storm or bad...
Properly inverted plants will form a uniform, fluffy, well-aerated windrow with few pods touching the soil.
When to dig peanuts is one of the most important decisions growers make each year. The hull-scrape method of determining peanut maturity is an...
Society meetings continue to foster collaborative efforts and creative solutions to industry challenges.
• By Amanda Huber, Editor •
The American Peanut Research Education Society celebrates 50 years of work, study, research, learning and accomplishments around one of the most important...
Peanuts are a shining star in the agricultural “tool box” as growers have been offered reasonable early contracts and the world is demanding more peanuts. Producers are usually optimistic when they smell fresh-plowed dirt and can look forward to...
Peanut farmers prepare for the 2017 peanut crop in good condition, marketing wise. There is no surplus of 2016 crop peanuts, except for a few lots with European Union edible quality, mostly jumbo runners. The market is very tight...
The final numbers are almost in on U.S. peanut production from 2016. USDA predicted 2,842,305 farmer-stock tons, while the Federal Crop Inspection Service has counted 2,770,299 tons. The numbers are short of the October prediction of 3,155,100 tons.
Lack of...
Down on the farm, producers are somewhat optimistic as domestic and export demand for peanuts remains strong. Other commodities do not produce such optimism, but prices have improved since Trump was elected President. Peanut producers need a strong crop...
Demand For U.S. Peanuts Remains Strong At Home And Abroad
The peanut nation has experienced some unusual occurrences that may impact the growth and expansion of the U.S. peanut industry for years. In producing the 2016 crop, these challenges came...
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