Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

Peanut Butter Market is Coming Back

Dan Peanuts

According to numbers from a new report, the peanut butter market abroad is starting to come back. Tyron Spearman runs through the latest information. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

Cotton acreage

U.S. Cotton Acreage Expected to Decline in 2025, NCC Survey Finds

Dan Cotton

U.S. cotton growers plan to plant 9.6 million acres in 2025, a 14.5% decrease from the previous year, according to the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) annual planting intentions survey. The results were released at the 2025 NCC Annual Meeting. The survey found that upland cotton acreage is expected to decline by 14.4% to 9.4 million acres, while extra-long staple (ELS) …

American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: First Grain Powered Grain Elevator Developed

Dan Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Corn, Field Crops, This Land of Ours, Wheat

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Joseph Dart is part of American agriculture history. Though born in Connecticut, he soon moved to Buffalo, New York and it was there he conceived of a machine powered grain elevator and in 1842 put one into service, the first in America. Known as Dart’s elevator, other grain elevators were later …

peanut seed

Checking Peanut Seed Samples

Dan Peanuts, Seeds

Efforts to check certified peanut seed samples continue. Tyron Spearman has a look at where those efforts currently stand. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

peanut crop

Peanut Farmers in Arkansas to Increase Acreage

Dan Peanuts

Peanut farmers in Arkansas are indicating they plan to increase acreage this year. Tyron Spearman has more on that along with a look at the peanut calendar. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

No Dicamba: Herbicide’s Absence Could Linger into 2026

Clint Thompson Cotton

By Clint Thompson Georgia’s cotton producers will likely produce this year’s crop without the use of in-season dicamba products. Stanley Culpepper, University of Georgia Extension weed scientist, shared the unfortunate news during the Georgia Cotton Commission meeting on Jan. 29. “So, unless some unforeseen force helps us get the product, I think the best decision for a grower is to …

wheat production

American Agriculture History Minute: Wheat Production Grows with the Railroad

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours, Wheat

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Wheat production grew as new railroads connected farms and markets. In between 1875 and 1890, bonanza farms, as they were called, were created especially in the Red River Valley. They were funded by rich businessmen from the east. Wheat farms covered thousands of acres, hundreds of horses used, and huge teams …

senate

More on Senate Ag Committee Hearing

Dan Farm Bill, Legislative, Peanuts

Yesterday, Tyron Spearman provided information about testimony given during a recent U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing. Today he has more details about what was discussed during that hearing. Watch the full hearing here. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts …

peanut contracts

Looking Ahead at 2025 Planting Possibilities

Dan Commodities, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Soybeans, Wheat

Mark Oppold mentioned yesterday we could possibly see a switch in crop acreage numbers this year. Today he looks ahead at what some are thinking ahead of the upcoming Outlook Forum. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely …

wheat

American Agriculture History Minute: Midlings Purifier Installed for Wheat Growers

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours, Wheat

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early settlers in Minnesota soon discovered they could not grow the same variety of wheat as their counterparts in Nebraska and Kansas, and they soon discovered a more suitable spring wheat. However, they had not yet developed a process to remove the dark bran to produce pure white flour. That all …