Peanut News

Randall Weiseman December 30, 2013 Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

As we are about to wrap up another year, Tyron Spearman has a look at a few stories of interest to peanut growers across the region.

Addressing H-2A Administrative Processing Delays
Recent communications from agriculture organizations addressed administrative processing delays with the U.S. H-2A program. The program allows the use of temporary foreign agriculture workers in America. In recent years, the majority of Florida citrus has been harvested by H-2A workers. AG GROUPS EXPRESS CONCERNS Three U.S. agriculture organizations on Dec. 17 submitted a letter to […]
Gibberellic Acid May Help Manage Alternate Bearing
A common management tool that Florida citrus growers use to improve the health of trees impacted by citrus greening disease could be a valuable resource for cold-hardy producers — but for a different reason. Mary Sutton, University of Georgia assistant professor and citrus Extension specialist, discussed the tool gibberellic acid (GA) at the recent Southeast […]