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Collapse ▲PEANUT NOTES
No. 1, February 7, 2011
In the coming weeks we will prepare short notes on issues associated with peanuts in North Carolina. I will post these at www.peanut.ncsu.edu. Feel free to use any items in these notes in your newsletters or other information sources. Our goal will be to provide Peanut Notes about every two weeks.
- We are about half way through our county production meetings.
- While there is considerable competition for planting peanut with respect to other crops, discussions have led us to believe that acreage will be similar to 2010 or perhaps slightly less than 2010. We certainly will not know until acreage reporting in early summer.
- Contracts for Virginia market types this past fall were around $625/ton. To obtain adequate production for demand, some shellers have been offering contracts higher than $625/ton. There is still a need for more commitments from producers.
- Runner market types will be produced in North Carolina in 2011 and in conversations with the major purchaser of runners, the variety of preference will be Florida 07. This variety has performed well in our trials. Keep in mind that this is a jumbo runner and will require a higher seeding rate than Georgia Green (110 pounds seed/acre) and supplemental calcium. My recommendation is that at least half of the Virginia market type rate of calcium be applied to jumbo runners. With that said, the contract differential between this runner and a Virginia needs to be narrower than what we often observed for Georgia Green (Florida 07 will be more expensive to grow than Georgia Green.)
- Barbara and I have discussed the influence of soybean on peanut yield. There are certainly a lot of reasons to grow soybeans (primarily price but also less risk and lower production costs.) However, to maintain peanut yields growers will need to use a resistant variety or fumigate if CBR is present and soybeans are in the rotation.
- Barbara has also been discussing new fumigation rules and regulations for the coming year.
- I have been discussing weed management strategies with the focus on pigweed management. Generally, my recommendation is to be “heavier” up front with residuals. While this is expensive, because of resistance to ALS herbicides (Cadre and Pursuit) and challenges with being timely with PPO inhibitors (Cobra, Ultra Blazer, Storm,) we can’t afford to get behind early in the season. We did receive a SLN 24C label for application of Gramoxone Inteon applied through a roller/wiper system. This truly is a salvage treatment but it will allow farmers to reduce weed seed production and make it easier to dig peanuts in the fall.
- Planters is sponsoring a sustainability award for one grower in each production region of the US. Specifics are attached. Please consider nominating someone that fits the criteria. Let me know if you have questions.
- That’s all for now.
Article first appeared as North Carolina Peanut Note (PNNC-2011-001)