Dec. 28—Editor's Note: Part two of a three-part series. TIFTON — From year to year, many row crop producers rotate the crops they plant to reduce pest and disease pressure and to benefit the land, ...

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 ...

The widely consumed peanuts are actually the underground seeds of a tropical legume plant related to beans and peas, not nuts at all. Furthermore, peanuts have a very unusual way of growing. While the ...

Before Americans created the pedestrian peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the peanut led an exotic life. Traced back to Peru and Brazil, the peanut was cultivated throughout South America and as far ...

Watch how a peanut plant is growing from seed to harvest in this 98 days time-lapse. The peanut seed was extracted from a ...

Peanut seedlings that are part of UGA research. TIFTON — Now is the peak time to plant peanuts in Georgia, according to Cristiane Pilon, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension peanut physiologist ...

Anyone who has grown their own food—whether that’s a singular tomato plant or a garden full of goodies—knows that it’s endlessly rewarding. Plant expert Christopher Griffin, also know as Plant Kween, ...

PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - A lot of people in the Pine Belt are happy to see rain, but many farmers are hoping for some dry weather to speed up the planting of this year’s peanut crop. Drought conditions ...

Not long ago, a neighbor gave us some peanuts she said were from Peru. Since we’ve had good luck growing peanuts, we were excited to see how this variety would do for us. Our new Peruvian peanuts are ...

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 ...

Recently, I read a Civil War diary in which the author described a group of Confederate soldiers sitting by a road singing a popular folk song titled, “Goober Peas.” “Goodness, how delicious, eating ...