University of Georgia Extension Soil Scientist Dr. Glen Harris says you need to keep the calcium levels up in your peanut fields, and thus if you don’t have your gypsum out yet, in most cases it’s still not too late. Download Audio
Southern Peanut Growers Conference
The 2010 Southern Peanut Growers Conference is coming up yet this week, July 22-24 at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida. Download Audio For more information about this years conference click Here
Epigenetics Discussed at APRES
During this week’s annual American Peanut Research and Education Society meeting, featured speaker Dr. Karen McGinnis with Florida State University talked about her research with epigenetics. Download Audio
Gulf Disaster
How will the oil spill effect agriculture? Everett Griner discusses this today. Download Audio
Seeking Input for Energy Uses & Building New Port to Move Crops
Today Tyron Spearman has information about an energy use survey for farmers and about plans to help the movement of crops in the southeast. Survey: Download Audio Crops: Download Audio
Farm Technology
Farming has been made better and easier…the American Way! Everett Griner explains. Download Audio
APRES Meeting Underway in Florida
A variety of researchers and others in the peanut industry are in Clearwater Beach, Florida this week for the 42nd annual American Peanut Research and Education Society’s meeting. I talked with University of Florida’s Maria Gallo, incoming president of APRES and program committee chair for this year’s event on what this meeting is all about, and also caught up with …
Farm Exports
The key to success is diversity and Everett Griner tells just how diversified we are. Download Audio
Peanut Acreage Should Meet Demand & Testing Peanut Row Patterns
If the acreage planted produces the average amount of peanuts this year there should be enough to meet overall demand, as Tyron Spearman looks at those numbers along with information about peanut row patterns research that was discussed last week at the Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day. Acreage: Download Audio Patterns: Download Audio
Peanut Crop Looks Good
University of Georgia Extension Peanut Agronomist Dr. John Beasley says while overall the peanut crop looks good at this time, growers need to make sure they stay up with things. Download Audio