By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Ron Sparks is calling it a “potential crisis” — the rainy weather conditions throughout most of September and October that have frustrated growers who were eyeing pretty good cotton, peanut, soybean and corn crops....
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A new peanut variety recently approved by the Peanut Variety and Quality Evaluation (PVQE) Advisory Committee has the potential to fit niche markets for super extra large kernel Virginia type peanuts. ...
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
In a production year in which rainfall is plentiful and some growers even have to cope with flooding, it’s easy to forget about the specter of drought....
Virginia Farmers who grow corn, soybeans, cotton, hay and peanuts are expecting a successful fall harvest. ...
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
There’s at least one point of unanimous agreement on Georgia’s 2009 peanut crop: it’ll be a late one. ...
Mississippi agriculture will enter new territory when the first certified peanut seed grown in the state becomes available to growers in spring 2010. ...
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Could lightening strike twice in the form of record peanut yields again this year? ...
By April Sorrow, University of Georgia
Peanut harvest is under way in Georgia, and farmers are on track to set record-breaking yields for the state, say University of Georgia peanut experts....
Based on a survey of Georgia growers contacted around Oct. 1, corn yields were down slightly from September....
Members from the Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) and the American Peanut Council (APC) traveled oversees last month to meet with the Japan Nut Association and U.S. Embassy trade officials to look for ways to promote and increase imports of American peanuts into Japan....
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