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Well, the peanut farmers are making sure they get enough rain now to get this crop watered. We’ve got a lot of dry land peanuts out there that needs some rain to make this crop this year. Checking on some planned meetings this coming year. We do have the September the 2nd, a Cotton and Peanut Research Field Day to …
Well, it’s time to take a break and visit some peanut field days and other ag field days to see what the new varieties are bringing on. Some also updates on weed and disease control along with insects. There are peanut days around the corner. Here are a few in the next few days. August the 5th, Southwest Georgia Extension …
The August crop report next Wednesday. Some private forecasters slowly taking the top of national corn yield. Looking at the August report, an important one for the corn trade especially as the crop has pollinated for the most part and is filling ears now. USDA during the month of July has collected farmer surveys and also using satellite imagery to …
Well, peanuts are important to the southeast, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, where about 70 percent of the peanuts in America are grown, and then you add South Carolina. Well, the export market is also important, but right now the export market is having a little slow time. They say Brazil had a much lower output, probably around 30 percent this …
In reporting from the peanut industry, they are saying now despite the USDA reporting domestic demand up 5.1 percent, manufacturers essentially are saying that peanut butter manufacturers will tell that the demand at this time is flat or possibly down. This in turn results in a lack demand for peanuts right now while it will probably last through the end …
Reviewing our list of 48 commodities that we track each day here at the Bottomline Report, grains and livestock switched positions as the month of July came to a close. During the month, the only grain ending in the red, as a matter of fact, was oats, down nearly 4%. Extended hot, dry weather helping soybeans gain 5% for the …
Well, the peanut farm group is moving forward with the U.S. peanut crop. Pegging now is 84 to 85 percent across the network. The five-year average is 84. Crop conditions show one percent very poor, five percent poor, 30 percent fair, 56 good, and eight percent excellent. We’re showing across the peanut belt that rain is needed, hoping it’ll come …
A conversation with AgroLiquid’s National Agronomist is helpful to better understand corn stress with a mostly hot and mostly dry July. The calendar rolls to August tomorrow. Many areas of the country, though, have gone through July with minimal or no rain, while at the same time, heat indexes over 110 to 125 degrees. Stephanie Zelenko is the lead agronomist …
The 2025 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards were presented at the 2026 Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting on July 29, 2026. The awards are co-sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission and Bayer Crop Science/Deltapine and administered by the University of Georgia (UGA) Cotton Team. Dr. Yangxuan Liu, extension economist at the University of Georgia, conducted the analysis. Dr. Phillip Roberts presented …
The Georgia Peanut Commission based in Tifton, Georgia has announced a new award. It’s available to everyone across the nation. It’s a cash award for food entrepreneurs. The Georgia Peanut Innovation Award will recognize and reward the most unique and viable new peanut concept inspired by Georgia peanuts and Alabama and Florida peanuts. It’s a $10,000 cash prize. It will …
