South Carolina Crops

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2023 EREC Peanut Field Day

August 22, 2023

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 […]

EREC Peanut Field Day – Sep 8

August 16, 2022

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 […]

2021 EREC Field Day – Report

November 11, 2021

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: […]

2022 SC Peanut Growers’ Annual Meeting – January 27 In-Person

November 10, 2021

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.

2021 Fall VC Peanut News

August 20, 2021

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 – Sprays and pods near end of season

August 19, 2021

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. […]

Peanut, Horticulture, and Agronomic Crops Field Day – Sept. 2nd – Blackville, SC

August 6, 2021

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 […]

Scouting for Diseases, VBC

July 30, 2021

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) […]

Peanut Leaf Spot and Growth Regulator Timing

July 22, 2021

This week some of the first late leaf spot lesions have been observed on-farm where fungicide applications have been timely at 45 and 60 DAP. This was a few lesions in a limited area and not widespread across the field. Along these lines, this could be the result of variation in spray coverage or penetration […]

Cotton, Soybean, and Peanut Scouting Schools – Scheduled

July 19, 2021

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, […]

Peanuts – Yellow in the Canopy

July 8, 2021

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 – 45 DAP Fungicides and More

June 11, 2021

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 […]