Texas’ 2009 peanut acreage will be down nearly 38 percent from last year’s plantings, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. ...
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Soybeans are the typical replacement for ground meat in patties. But patties made with black-eyed peas and peanuts could be just as good, say University of Georgia food scientists....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The best treatment option for peanut disease is avoidance, says an Oklahoma State University Extension plant pathologist....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Just because peanut input costs are up, prices are down and supply is burdensome doesn’t mean growers should make wholesale production cuts to save a few dollars....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. peanut growers need to reduce acreage by 35 percent this year to bring production in line with demand....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The peanut industry can look forward to more good news than bad in the next few years, despite current over-supply, low prices and a salmonella contamination that affects the entire industry....
Earlier this month peanut farmers should have received a ballot in the mail asking them to vote on the re-authorization of the National Peanut Board (NPB). ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Following a downturn in sales of more than 19 percent in January, compared to year earlier sales volume, February numbers show the beginning of a recovery, a decline of only .84 percent, according to Marie Fenn, president and managing director, National Peanut Board in Atlanta....
The Texas Peanut Producers Board is urging the state’s peanut growers to vote “YES” to re-authorize the National Peanut Board (NPB). ...
The National Peanut Board (NPB) begins taking applications today for the eighth annual Dr. George Washington Carver Award....
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