For the first time, this year’s show will feature a special peanut marketing seminar; it will be held Saturday, March 3, at 1 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the Convention Center.
Peanut acreage may increase in northeast Arkansas. Clay, Lawrence, Jackson, Phillips and Randolph counties saw the introduction of around 4,000 peanut acres in 2011, and there may be as many as 10,000 acres in 2012 according to the companies involved....More
You may come to the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show for a chance to win a Labrador puppy … or for mouth-watering Corky’s barbecue … or you may attend for a chance at one of several cash prizes … or still, you may be one of approximately 20,000 attendees at the South’s premier farm show because it’s a once-a-year opportunity you get to connect with friends and family you may not otherwise see....More
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture will hold a peanut production meeting on Jan. 19 at the Black River Technical College auditorium in Pocahontas, Ark....More
At this Thanksgiving holiday, most of us travel to see family or prepare to welcome family into our homes. More than any other day of the year, this holiday embodies the spirit of homecoming....More
USDA lowered production estimates and yield expectations from last month for corn, soybeans and cotton in its Nov. 9 Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....More
What do you do when you turn 50 years old? Why, you throw a big party, and that’s what the Georgia Peanut Commission did at this year’s Sunbelt Expo. Commission members served show participants cupcakes made with peanut flower and topped with peanut icing. The Commission’s Joy Carter and Don Koehler talked about the anniversary and the growing season in interviews at the Oct. 20 celebration....More
Timely rains in early September made a smooth harvest for Mississippi peanuts, a crop that is in high demand due to drought in other peanut-growing areas....More
For Bowman, S.C., farmer Landrum Weathers, coming home from college to farm was a given — and bringing with him a new outlook on precision agriculture was a welcomed benefit to his farm family....More
