Tag: Peanut

Fungicides with 2,4-DB Where compatible, combining different products in a single application saves time and fuel spent going across a field. While that much is itself apparent, we also know not everything can be mixed physically or functionally without gumming up/coagulating or causing reduced application efficacy. It is not uncommon for 2,4-DB to be applied […]

Coming into July, much of the crop ranges in age from about close to a month old to 50 to 70 days old. More than a third of the crop is pegging. After having some drier weather, an increased likelihood of rain is coming back into the forecast through the weekend and into the week ahead.  […]

This links to a copy of the Peanut Money-Maker 2024 Production Guide

The 2023 Edisto Peanut Field Day is scheduled for Thursday, September 7th. Registration will begin at 8:00 am, with the field tour starting at 9:00 am and running until noon, followed by a catered lunch. Clemson University specialists will present results and information on Agriculture Technology in Peanuts, Weed Control, Current and New Varieties, Runner […]

This links to a copy of the Peanut Money-Maker 2023 Production Guide

The 2022 Peanut Field Day will be held at the Edisto Research and Education Center: 64 Research Road, Blackville, SC 29817. Pesticide Credits and Continuing Education Units (CCA) will be available. Questions may be directed to Dan Anco, 630-207-4926 or danco@clemson.edu Hope to see you there! A flyer is available here: 2022 Peanut Field Day […]

An electronic copy of the Peanut Money-Maker 2022 Production Guide is available here: Peanut Money-Maker 2022 Production Guide

In response to the canceled 2021 Fall Field Day at Edisto REC, Clemson University Extension Specialists and Researchers compiled a report highlighting research that is ongoing at Edisto REC. A list of contents to the report is displayed below and a copy of the 2021 EREC Field Day Report is available at the following link: […]

Save the date for January 27. The SC Peanut Growers’ Annual Meeting is coming back to Santee in 2022 live and in-person. See the attached announcement for additional details. Pesticide/CEU credits will be offered at the meeting. Meeting sponsorship opportunities to be announced in the near future.   Please contact Marianne Catalano (mcatalano@scda.sc.gov) or myself with any questions.

A paper was recently published on sound splits associated with grading practices.  

The 2021 Fall edition of the Virginia-Carolinas Peanut News is now available online at: https://www.aboutpeanuts.com/phocadownload/Peanut-News/2021%20Fall%20Peanut%20News.pdf

Peanut planted near the end of April are near 110 to 120 DAP. Depending on cultivar maturity development and requirements in individual fields, the growing season is starting to draw to a close with harvest of earliest planted fields beginning in the coming weeks. Later plantings and longer maturing runners’ time will come later on. […]

Due to safety concerns Clemson University has decided to delay the 2021 EREC Field Day by 2 weeks. The new target date is Thursday, September 16th. If developments between now and then further affect the situation or result in a cancellation, this information will be shared as soon as it becomes available.

Clemson University has scheduled an in-person field day at the Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, SC for September 2nd, 2021. Registration will be from 8-9AM. The morning program will consist of concurrent peanut and horticultural crop programs followed by lunch. After lunch an agronomic crops (cotton, corn, soybean) session will begin and conclude at 4PM. Please […]

Lesions on the Leaf Late leaf spot is starting to be found in more fields this week, including those with timely and expensive fungicide programs. Switching modes of action and/or including Bravo or sulfur in with the next fungicide application, or tank mixing a systemic product with bravo (e.g., if the previous spray was bravo) […]

Scouting School dates are set for our 2021 in-field, in-person workshops devoted to scouting for insect issues in cotton, soybeans, and peanut. The dates and locations for these scouting workshops are below. See attachments to preregister and for more details. • 28 July in Manning, SC, at the Clarendon Extension Office (21 West Rigby Street, […]

More rain coming in and out of the week ahead. Hurricane Elsa is estimated to approach near SC in about 5 days, with some bands possibly earlier. Making use of opportunities as we have them to maintain fungicide coverage will help all the more to put our disease management in a more secure position. Playing […]

Peanuts planted the last week of April are reaching 45 DAP this week. Fungicide programs for leaf spot should begin no later than 45 DAP and starting closer to 40 or 30 DAP can be warranted in fields with a history of challenging disease pressure, later plantings, volunteers nearby, and similar risk factors. If rains […]