Category Archives: Alabama News

March 2015 Southeastern Peanut Farmer

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Joy Crosby

The March 2015 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available for digital reading. This issue features the: 2015 Weed Guidebook Feral Pig Control Seed inoculation is low-cost insurance Southern Peanut Growers Conference set for July 23-25 at Callaway … Continue reading →

Auburn hires Li as new Extension weed scientist

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Joy Crosby

Steve Li is the new extension weed science specialist and assistant professor in Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University. His past research experiences included water management in double and intercropping system, bermudagrass control in St. Augustine … Continue reading →

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Bristow joins staff as APPA executive director

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Joy Crosby

Caleb Bristow of Henry County is the new executive director for the Alabama Peanut Producers Association, a division of the Alabama Farmers Federation. His first official day is today (Feb. 16), but he was introduced to peanut farmers at the … Continue reading →

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Peanut Leadership Academy begins Class IX

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Joy Crosby

Twenty-two peanut growers and sheller representatives from across the Southeast, Texas, North Carolina and Virginia began Class IX of the Peanut Leadership Academy hosted by the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, Dec. 15-17, 2014, in Panama City Beach, Florida. During the … Continue reading →

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January/February 2015 Southeastern Peanut Farmer

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Joy Crosby

The January/February 2015 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available for digital reading. This issue features the: 2015 Peanut Variety Guidebook Peanut Crop Insurance Program Drones: Buy or Service Peanut Leadership Academy begins Class IX Peanut Profitability Awards … Continue reading →

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Alabama Farmers Federation elects board of directors

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Joy Crosby

Jimmy Parnell of Stanton in Chilton County was re-elected president of the state’s largest farm organization during the Alabama Farmers Federation’s 93rd annual meeting in Montgomery today. Elections were held this afternoon during the Federation’s business session, where 500 delegates … Continue reading →

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October/November 2014 Southeastern Peanut Farmer

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Joy Crosby

The October/November issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available for digital reading. This issue features the: 2014 Planted peanut acreage shows increase 2013 Georgia Peanut Achievement Club Winners Estate Planning Crop rotation still needed Birdsong Peanuts celebrates 100 … Continue reading →

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New peanut revenue policy introduced for farmers

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Joy Crosby

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a new peanut revenue policy that will be available for eligible peanut producers. The new policy approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors, on Thursday, Sept. 19, offers … Continue reading →

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Peanut Field Days give farmers an edge

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Joy Crosby

Farmers saw their checkoff dollars in action Friday, August 22nd while attending the annual Crops Field Day at the Wiregrass Research Extension Center in Headland, Alabama. About 50 farmers toured fields of peanuts, cotton and sesame and met with scientists … Continue reading →

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Governor Bentley Establishes Alabama Drone Task Force

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Joy Crosby

Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced the creation of the Alabama Drone Task Force. The task force was created to review the necessary requirements to further Alabama’s potential use of drones in areas of agriculture, conservation and law enforcement. “I … Continue reading →

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