Research Field Days and Peanut Promotion

Will Jordan Field Crops, Peanuts

There are upcoming opportunities for peanut education as different groups work hard on peanut promotion. Tyron Spearman reports. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

White Mold Disease a Concern for Georgia Peanuts

Clint Thompson Georgia, Peanuts

By Clint Thompson Weather conditions have been conducive for disease buildup in Georgia peanuts, one disease in particular; white mold. Bob Kemerait, University of Georgia Extension plant pathologist, discussed his concerns with white mold at last week’s Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Savannah, Georgia. “What concerns me most as an Extension specialist in Georgia and working with diseases on peanuts …

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Cotton Condition Improving, Peanuts Ahead of Pace

Dan Commodities, Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, USDA-NASS

Rain in some of the major cotton growing areas has helped the overall crop. According to USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey, the condition of the cotton crop is improving. And Rippey has the latest on the peanut crop. According to the USDA National Agricultural Statics Service (NASS), this is how the cotton and peanut crops were progressing across the Southeast as of this past Sunday: In …

Increased Peanut Acres: Southeast Production Up Substantially

Clint Thompson Peanuts

By Clint Thompson Peanut acres increased substantially across the Southeast. Kris Balkcom, assistant Extension professor at Auburn University, discussed the region’s acreage at last week’s Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Alabama increased from 172,500 acres in 2023 to at least 185,000 this year. Florida increased from 155,000 to 165,000, while Georgia increased from 770,000 to 850,000. Balkcom attributes …

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UGA Extension Advises Cotton Growers About Aphid Management

Dan Cotton, Field Crops, Georgia, Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC), Pest/Pest Control

The Georgia Cotton Commission and University of Georgia (UGA) Extension Cotton Team advise growers about aphid management this time of year. Phillip Roberts, UGA Extension entomologist, provided a pest patrol update and said initial reports of the aphid fungus were observed last week. The reports were limited to spots of fields, located southwest of Tifton, where some fungus, or gray, …