Peanut Harvest Still Running Behind

Recent rains across parts of the Southeast have the peanut harvest running behind normal progress for this time of the year. Tyron Spearman runs through the latest numbers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …

Plant Protection Today – Tracking the Elusive Asian Giant Hornet

PPQ Shares Cutting-Edge Methods with State Partner By Greg Rosenthal (USDA/APHIS) — After weeks of searching, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) entomologists–—with some cutting-edge methods from USDA’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)–—have located and eradicated the first Asian giant hornet (AGH) nest ever found in the United States. For months, WSDA had been trying to find the nest they …

FSIS Update on Peanut Inspections

The Federal State Inspection Service (FSIS) recently gave an update on how their efforts concerning the grading of this year’s peanut crop is going. Tyron Spearman has the story. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding …

Cotton, Peanut Harvest Update

While early last week we saw decent weather conditions for cotton and peanut harvest conditions, USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says rains from Hurricane Zeta slowed that progress. And he notes the states where wet weather hampered cotton harvest again. And Rippey has the latest look at the nation’s peanut harvest. In Alabama, cotton harvest was only 40% complete, while last year it was at …

Trail Mix Industry Struggling Right Now

Peanuts can be found in many different food products, including trail mix. But according to a story from Tyron Spearman, that industry is struggling right now. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response …

USDA Releases 2019 Pesticide Data Report

The USDA published its 2019 Pesticide Data Program’s Annual Summary. The report shows that nearly 99 percent of the tested samples had pesticide residues below benchmark levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency. The two agencies work together every year to identify which foods get tested on a rotating basis. The Agricultural Marketing Service works with state agencies to collect …

Winterize Your Garden Doing These Must-Do Steps

Some things to do right now to winterize your garden.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. There are several must-do items that you must check off your garden to-do list before winter rolls around. First, pull all of your plants out.  But, before you can do that, you should pull out any plant supports that they might be …

World Peanut Production Update

When it comes to peanut exports, the U.S. does compete with other countries. Tyron Spearman has a look at the production efforts in some of those competing countries with this year’s crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Commodity Classic Announces Transition to Digital Experience

(NCGA) — Commodity Classic has announced it will transition its annual conference and trade show, originally scheduled for March 4-6, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas, to an alternative digital format. The change was necessary due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The new format is expected to be offered the first week in March 2021. “This is about doing …