pest management

Scouting is the best way to discover this and other yield-robbing pest problems.  ⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER ⋅ Peanuts are popping up in fields, and scouting should begin in earnest to get ahead of any potential pest problems.  “Last year was a...

Field days are an opportunity to see research plots and to learn how those findings can be applied in growers’ fields. At the 2022 peanut field day at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, South Carolina,...

As we move into this point in the season, we need to address issues associated with weeds, insects and disease. In many instances, timing of control for multiple pests coincides well enough that pesticide tankmixes can be effective.  When we...

Stay on top of scouting this season as pests and diseases seem to be striking earlier.  ⋅ By Amanda Huber ⋅ Planting conditions around the peanut belt varied from cool and dry to rain delays and drought. In Florida, it was...

When University of Georgia peanut pathologist Bob Kemerait does something, he does it wholeheartedly. A passionate advocate for producers near his academic home at the University of Georgia Tifton campus and around the world, Kemerait describes himself as “a field...

In this issue of Peanut Grower, there is a lot of news about pesticides that reinforces my belief that it is getting more difficult to use products that you may have been using for decades. For example, on page 14,...

Check out the 2019 Peanut Grower Pesticide Management Guide. It includes a Disease Risk Index, as well as Insect Management and Weed Management sections.