Contrary to popular belief, the peanut is not a nut. It's actually a vegetable belonging to the legume family, which includes peas and beans. These tropical natives of South America require about 120 ...

In Effingham and Screven counties, the Boyd family has been farming for generations. Ben Boyd has just wrapped up the corn ...

Anyone who has driven in Baldwin County over the last month undoubtedly came across one of many farmers harvesting peanuts. Plumes of dust, and small dust storms shrouding farming combines and ...

Dry weather will impact harvesting, but Mississippi peanut growers saw much better crop this year than in 2024 ...

Wet weather has stalled South Carolina’s peanut harvest this year. A lot of peanuts are still in the ground, while peanuts that have already been dug are sitting on top of the ground. Peanuts must be ...

This is peanut harvest time in the Missouri Bootheel. Interest in the versatile legume has grown among Bootheel farmers since 2018, says University of Missouri Extension soils and cropping systems ...