Peanut Breeding Program News Today

USDA will award the first tranche of funding under its new $1.2 billion Regional Agricultural Promotion Program, or RAPP, in 2024 with $300 million from the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Early rainfall in November has given some Aussie peanut growers the boost that they needed, securing a positive start to the 2020/2021 peanut growing season. Unfortunately for one local grower, theyve made the tough decision to skip peanuts this season because of a lack of water. Alloway farmer Dean Cayley said in just over a decade of growing peanuts, theyve only skipped planting peanuts once before. With about 60 per cent of his water allocation, hes opted to plant soybeans instead. Mr C...