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Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative Launches

The April 2022 issue of Southeastern Peanut Farmer magazine details information about the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative and how farmers can participate. The American Peanut Council has been working on this program for several years and it is finally open and ready for farmers to sign up and enter their production management data.

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Growings On: Developing a sustainability calculator

Ye Juliet Chu, a horticulture scientist from the University of Georgia, has produced three new breeding lines from wild peanut relatives in an effort to increase peanut profitability and sustainability. Chu’s three new varieties have exhibited resistance to leaf spot, one of the most harmful diseases for peanut growth.

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Peanut researchers create disease-resistant hybrids

Ye Juliet Chu, a horticulture scientist from the University of Georgia, has produced three new breeding lines from wild peanut relatives in an effort to increase peanut profitability and sustainability. Chu’s three new varieties have exhibited resistance to leaf spot, one of the most harmful diseases for peanut growth.

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Why US peanut consumption has hit record highs

Ye Juliet Chu, a horticulture scientist from the University of Georgia, has produced three new breeding lines from wild peanut relatives in an effort to increase peanut profitability and sustainability. Chu’s three new varieties have exhibited resistance to leaf spot, one of the most harmful diseases for peanut growth.

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Report: Climate Action In Food and Agriculture

The stakes for accelerating climate action could not be higher. Rapidly intensifying climate impacts threaten to reverse long-term productivity gains across U.S. agriculture at a time when farmers are being asked to feed a growing global population while delivering natural climate solutions and other ecosystem benefits.

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Upcoming Events

Texas Peanut Roundtable Meeting

March 21-22, 2022

Gruene, Texas

Southern Peanut Grower Conference

July 21-23, 2022

Panama City, FL

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Registration will open in January 2022.
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