Sunday, December 14, 2025

variety development

Texas A&M AgriLife plant breeding programs granted $1.75 million

• By Kay Ledbetter • Four Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and Crop Sciences plant breeding program development projects have been funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture....

Clemson researcher to lead group driving Southern heirloom crop revival

A Clemson University research scientist renowned for his role in reviving the original Southern peanut crop from only a handful of seeds has been elected president of the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation. Brian Ward, based out of Clemson’s Coastal Research...

New Varieties Offer More Resistance, Greater Yields

We are now into the second month of 2021, and that means it is time for the annual Peanut Grower Variety Guide. Planting and growing conditions in 2020 pushed crop harvest late into the year. Still, peanut breeders and...

Slow start, strong finish for Arkansas peanuts

• By Mary Hightower • Despite a plant-then-replant start, the 2020 Arkansas peanut growing season ended with a smoother harvest than in previous years thanks to weather and a couple of new buying points, Andy Vangilder, an Extension educator for...

Expert Advice On Seed

It’s that time of year again when winter production meetings are in full swing. Hopefully you will attend one of these short courses to learn the latest research and recommendations from our Extension specialists. At the Georgia Peanut Farm...

Oklahoma Field Day To Show Off New High-Oleic Virginia-Type Peanut

Peanut growers attending Oklahoma State University’s Caddo Research Station Peanut and Cotton Field Tour on Sept. 19 will get a firsthand look at the new peanut variety Contender, the first high-oleic Virginia-type peanut adapted to the southwestern United States. The...

A Lot Of Work Behind That Seed

Since attending the American Peanut Research and Education Society meeting last July, and then writing the National Peanut Board’s Research Review: The Future of Peanut Breeding, which can be found on Peanut Grower’s website, I have been more attuned...

Peanut Breeder Honored

NCSU’s Tom Stalker recognized for service to humanity through collecting, evaluating or conserving the Earth’s genetic resources. Peanuts are not only among North Carolina’s top agricultural commodities, they also represent a key source of protein for people around the world....

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