Recent rains have really benefited peanut crops across the Southeast. Tyron Spearman has a look at the latest USDA crop conditions report. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day Moved to August 2
The Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day was originally scheduled to be held this Thursday, but late last week it was announced the event had been rescheduled for August 2. Tyron Spearman explains why. The 2022 Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day will now be held August 2nd starting at 8:00am Eastern time and running until 11:30am. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …
Most of 2022 Corn Crop Pollinating at Same Time
Due to weather conditions this spring, a large chunk of the 2022 corn crop was planted about the same time. Thus, it is pollinating during the same time frame, a time where many areas are seeing hot, dry conditions. Mark Oppold reports this could have an effect on the markets. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …
Southern Peanut Growers Conference Starts Thursday
The Southern Peanut Farmers Federation wants to remind growers that the annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference will be held July 21-23 at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida. Tyron Spearman reports the three-day event is for peanut farmers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics …
Inflation, Weather are Major Market Factors
Various factors affect the grain markets, with two of those being inflation and weather. Mark Oppold looks at those facts and also has and update on crude oil and looks at how the national averages for both corn and soybean yields have risen over the past few years. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune …
Popcorn’s Effects on Gut Microbiomes
Eating popcorn may be good for your digestive health. That’s today’s This Land of Ours. A new study, published in the leading journal Frontiers in Microbiology, focuses on how popcorn can impact our personal microbiome. Americans eat more than 13 billion quarts of popcorn a year; an average of about 40 quarts per person. Nate Korth, a Ph.D. student at …
No Changes to Peanut Contracts
The recent rains are benefitting crops across the Southeast. Tyron Spearman reports that is making farmers smile, but there is still nothing new to report with peanut contracts at this time. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Postpones Field Day
The Sunbelt Ag Expo staff has announced due to wet field conditions, the 2022 Field Day event which was scheduled for July 21st has been postponed. They note the much needed rain from a dry spring has left the fields in an impassable condition. Field Day at the Darrell Williams Research Farm is a driving experience for those interested in learning more about the new research …
Battle over Atrazine Continues
Late last month, the Environmental Protection Agency reopened the finalized reregistration of atrazine. The EPA proposes an extremely low ecological level of concern value for atrazine of just 3.4 parts per billion, down from the scientifically proven 15 parts per billion, according to Gary Marshall, Triazine Network Co-Chair and retired Missouri Corn Growers Association CEO. “In 2019, the EPA agreed …
Quiet Peanut Market
For most of this year’s growing season, the peanut market has been quiet. And according to Tyron Spearman, that quiet trend continues. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, …