By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Top agricultural scientists from across the United States met in Georgia this month to discuss ways to help farmers increase profits, optimize yields, decrease inputs and manage crops based on local weather and soil conditions....
The USDA recently announced the passage of a referendum to continue the National Peanut Board, a farmer funded advertising, promotion and research board that works to increase demand for USA-grown peanuts. ...
The Alabama Peanut Producers Association (APPA) made a special delivery recently and donated 24 pallets (approximately 25,000 - 12 ounce jars) of peanut butter to the Montgomery Area Food Bank, for distribution to other food banks throughout the state. ...
Suffolk, Va., grower John Crumpler says he has known for a long time that extending rotation is a sure way to increase productivity, but adds that is especially true for peanuts — especially if soybeans are in the rotation....
By Tom Nordlie
University of Florida
Perennial peanut, a versatile and nutritious forage sometimes called “Florida’s alfalfa,” will take the spotlight Saturday, June 6 at the 9th Annual Perennial Peanut Producers Field Day, held in Moultrie, Ga....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Soybeans are the typical replacement for ground meat in patties. ...
By Ames Herbert
Virginia Tech\Department of Entomology
Growers in our area have been dependent on pyrethroids for controlling corn earworm (CEW) for many years in many crops including cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sweet corn, tomato and several other vegetable crops. ...
Perry Thompson, acting executive director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in South Carolina, has announced that producers can now elect and enroll in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program....
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) has announced county loan rates for 2009 crops of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans and other oilseeds (sunflower seed, flaxseed, canola, rapeseed, safflower, mustard seed, crambe and sesame seed)....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
It’s not an honor North Carolina cotton growers will find particularly appealing, but according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Tar Heel state will apparently experience the largest decline in cotton plantings in 2009 in the Southeast....
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