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Category: Peanuts
Arkansas Peanuts: Potential Early, Late Pod Set – What Does It Mean for the Crop? Aug 18, 2022
Currently, most of the Arkansas peanut crop is pegging and setting pods (Fig. 1). Hot, dry conditions in July caused some cultivars to cease producing flowers, which may contribute to […]
How Will the Inflation Reduction Act Benefit Agriculture? Aug 16, 2022
The House of Representatives is considering the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Senate substitute amendment that replaced all provisions of a bill previously passed by the House in November […]
USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices Aug 16, 2022
The following prices are effective from Wednesday 08/17/2022 at 12:01 am Eastern Time until midnight Tuesday 08/23/2022. The next announcement is scheduled for Tuesday 08/23/2022 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time. […]
Peanuts: Petition to Revoke Use of Thimet and Orthene Aug 15, 2022
An NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. In peanut this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate (Orthene). […]
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 – What Is It? Aug 12, 2022
After a marathon session known as a vote-a-rama, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on Sunday, August 7, 2022. Technically, the Senate agreed to a substitute […]
USDA: Peanut Price Highlights Aug 12, 2022
Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 25.1 cents per pound for the week ending August 6, down 1.3 cents from the previous week. Marketings of […]
Drought Monitor Weekly: Widely Variable Precipitation Aug 11, 2022
Summary Precipitation varied widely across the Lower 48 this week. Across the interior West, heavy monsoon rains set records in some locales, with tropical moisture streaming much farther north and […]
Virginia Peanuts: Be on Lookout for Sclerotinia Blight Aug 11, 2022
The system that brought rain on August 10th seems to have broken our streak of hot weather for Virginia’s peanut growing region. Dailey high’s in the 80s with lows in […]
Recycle Your Pesticide Containers – What to Know Aug 10, 2022
Recycling is the environmentally friendly and responsible way of disposing of empty pesticide containers. In 2021, over 803,000 pounds of pesticide containers were collected and recycled in Iowa. Recycling options […]
$10Mln Tax Education Effort for Farmers, Ranchers Aug 10, 2022
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are teaming up to provide taxpayer education to farmers and ranchers. The partnership aims to provide […]
