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• 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 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...

Texas peanut growers have favorable market and growing conditions, and with a little down-the-stretch cooperation from Mother Nature, 2021 could be a bumper year, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Dr. Emi Kimura, AgriLife Extension state peanut specialist,...

There are two species of rootworm in Georgia peanut fields, the southern corn rootworm and the banded cucumber beetle. The immature or larval stage of both species feeds on developing peanut pods and requires moist soil conditions for survival....

• 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...

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...

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...

Plants are not developing properly in waterlogged soils. Two consecutive weeks of rainfall in Georgia stunted the growth of the state’s peanut crop and has left farmers scrambling to decide what to do next. Georgia’s peanut and cotton acreage remains in...