May 7, 2008 10:13 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Site selection, rotation, variety choices and fungicides play crucial roles in managing peanut diseases and nematodes, says an Oklahoma State University Extension plant pathologist....
Apr 17, 2008 10:53 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Variety selection, attention to planting time and seeding rate, and proper fertility are part of the recipe for success for Oklahoma peanut growers in 2008....
Apr 15, 2008 10:09 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Starting early is the key to effective weed control in peanuts....
Apr 9, 2008 9:45 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
When agriculture leaps the high hurdle of negative public opinion regarding transgenic crops the peanut industry hopes to offer new products with improved health benefits and production advantages....
Apr 7, 2008 10:03 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. peanut farmers need to increase acreage by as much as 20 percent in 2008 to meet demand and shellers have offered contract prices as high as $500 a ton to compete with corn, cotton, wheat and milo for available land....
Apr 2, 2008 10:33 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
They might not be as prevalent or require quite as many in-season treatments, but all the foliar diseases that afflict peanuts in the Southeast threaten West Texas production....
Mar 31, 2008 9:49 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Oklahoma peanut farmers are spreading risks a bit by growing three peanut market types — runners, Virginias and Spanish, and are also taking advantage of higher grain prices in rotation options....
News from the Farm BillConferees to announce farm bill agreementMay 8, 2008 10:51 AM, By Forrest Laws Congressional negotiators have reached final agreement on a 2008 farm bill conference report, setting up a possible showdown with the White House over the five-year legislative package.... Committee approves 'final' farm bill provisionsMay 2, 2008 11:14 AM, By Forrest Laws Is the long, national ordeal over the 2007; oops, now the 2008 farm bill nearing an end?... Republicans ask for farm bill meeting with presidentMay 1, 2008 9:49 AM, By Forrest Laws Republican senators reportedly are asking for a meeting with President Bush to discuss his latest criticism of the ongoing efforts to reach a compromise agreement on the 2008 farm bill.... Bush displeased, farm bill conference postponedMay 1, 2008 9:45 AM, By David Bennett By now, the stop-and-start nature of farm bill negotiations must have conferees close to whiplash. ... |
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