By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
U. S. peanut farmers need to increase acreage slightly for 2010 to maintain an adequate carryover but shellers so far have not offered contracts for runner-type peanuts high enough for Southwest producers to commit acreage....
By Shawn Wade, Plains Cotton Growers
Two months into the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) sign up period, it appears most of the program's implementation kinks are finally on their way to being ironed out by the USDA Farm Service Agency....
The Texas Peanut Producers Board elected (or re-elected) four board directors during elections held in January. ...
By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University
Helping West Texas peanut producers make better crop management decisions will be the focus of the seventh annual Texas South Plains Peanut Production Workshop, set for 9 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. March 1 in Brownfield....
Marie Hefley, TPPB Communications Intern
Decades of important research has allowed Texas peanut farmers to be profitable in a difficult and challenging growing environment....
The Texas Peanut Producers Board and several other organizations in the peanut industry are joining efforts to ship peanut butter to the desperate earthquake victims in Haiti....
The Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) will be holding an election for four expiring directors’ seats began January 9 and ends January 23, 2010....
By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Winter weather slowed the cotton harvest in the western parts of the state, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. ...
By Audry Olmsted, New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University researchers are working on a method of monitoring peanuts in the field in order to help growers produce a healthier crop....
Continuing the positive trend since March 2009, new volume sales data for peanut butter shows a significant increase for the months of July, August and September as compared to the same periods in 2008....
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