Tag: Dan Anco
South Carolina Peanuts: Higher Yields Outpacing Demand
The United States peanut market will remain in a holding pattern if producers don’t adjust to increasing yields, said experts at the 40thAnnual South Carolina Peanut Growers’ Meeting. Peanut production […]
South Carolina: Cotton, Peanut Meetings, Santee, Jan. 22, 24
Southeast farmers can learn tips to maximize profitability of cotton and peanut crops at meetings planned by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service this month. The annual South Carolina Cotton […]
Florida Peanuts: Leaf Spot Defoliation – To Dig or Not to Dig?
When it comes time to dig peanuts at the end of the growing season, many things influence how many pods make it into the basket. Research by Dan Anco and […]
South Carolina: New Farming Research, Technology Highlighted at Field Day
Modern research and technology are important for today’s farmers and researchers at Clemson’s Edisto Research and Education Center are busy developing software and other scientific instruments to help South Carolina […]
Virginia Peanuts: Does Imidacloprid Hurt Inoculants?
There are concerns that imidacloprid-based insecticides for thrips control may negatively affect Rhizobia in inoculants when tank-mixed and applied in-furrow when plating peanuts. As we are just a week (or […]
South Carolina Peanuts: Experts Warn of Possible Excess Supply
2017 was a very productive year for peanut growers in South Carolina and the rest of the United States. But was it too productive? South Carolina peanut growers at the […]
South Carolina Peanuts: Should You Spray Before the Storm?
To spray or not to spray, that is the question or at least one of the questions before what looks like a storm coming our way early next week. The […]
South Carolina: Some Peanuts Maturing Early, Be Checking Your Fields
Just a quick note to stay on top of checking peanut fields for maturity. Several fields from Barnwell, Dorchester, and Calhoun County are showing fields ready to dig. In some […]
South Carolina Peanuts: Threecornered Alfalfa Hoppers, Late Season Manganese
What is the treatment threshold for threecornered alfalfa hopper? Good question. At this point we don’t really have a good answer linking insect or girdling counts to economic yield impact. […]
South Carolina Peanuts: Crops Looking Good, Some Zinc Toxicity Problems
Most of the state’s peanut crop is continuing to look good into this latter half of July. We have been fortunate in many places to have received a healthy amount […]