Everett Griner talks about how peanuts have developed into two lucrative crops for producers in today’s Agri View. Two Crops in One Image credit: Peanut Hay/Linda Luttrell/Pinterest…
Agri View: Bumper Crop of Peanuts
…about the bumper crop of peanuts produced this year. There was a problem created with this year’s peanut crop. Everett looks into solutions of this problem. Bumper Crop of Peanuts…
USDA Announces Enrollment Period for Safety Net Coverage in 2018
…substantial drop in prices or revenues for covered commodities. Covered commodities include barley, canola, large and small chickpeas, corn, crambe, flaxseed, grain sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas,…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…next several months. Payments are being made to producers who enrolled base acres of barley, corn, grain sorghum, lentils, oats, peanuts, dry peas, soybeans, wheat, and canola. In the upcoming…
Celebrating National Peanut Day
…day Peanut Lovers Unite for National Peanut Day, which is celebrated annually on September 13th. Peanuts, which actually aren’t nuts at all, they’re legumes. Simply dry fruits in the same…
Agri View: Southern Delicacy
Everett Griner talks about boiled peanuts. A Southern delicacy spreading across the country in today’s Agri View. Southern Delicacy…
Agri View: Who Started Farming?
…produced today. Records show they grew sweet potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes, and watermelon. There were field crops too. They grew peanuts, cotton, and tobacco. Settlers did bring some crops. Including some…
Chlorpyrifos Ban Introduced in U.S. Senate
…a number of crops such as soybeans, wheat, alfalfa, citrus, tree nuts, peanuts, vegetables, and others, from losses to insect pests. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Funding For Commodity Board Projects to Support Ag Industry
…State University, Blacksburg, received an NIFA grant of $294,000, funded jointly by the National Peanut Board, to research drought tolerance in peanuts. Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames,…
Agri View: Peanut Butter-A Requested Food Donation
…are allergic to peanuts, peanut butter is one of the most requested foods by organizations that work to feed hungry people. No food contributing organization is more helpful to meeting…
Agri View: Little known Peanut Facts
…this. A small number of farmers who grow peanuts produced harvested about three million tons of peanuts last year. And last year was not a good year. Too dry over…
Agri View: Expanding Citrus in Georgia
…Georgia. It is simply another effort for farmers experimenting to see if they can grow something else besides peanuts and cotton. Yes, they will have to deal with greening in…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…oilseeds, peanuts, pulse crops, rice, soybeans, sugar, wheat, and wool; the Commodity Credit Corporation; risk management policies and statutes, including Federal Crop Insurance; producer data and privacy issues. Rep. Rick…
Ag Groups Want NAFTA Gains Preserved
…statics on the importance of NAFTA to the U.S. food and agriculture industry, including highlights relevant to specifics sectors, such apples, beef, corn, dairy, food manufacturing, peanuts, pork, rice, soybeans,…