PORTALES, N.M. – A fire at the Hampton Farms peanut processing plant in Portales is still burning more than two weeks later. Fire officials say it’s what’s best for the plant. “Not to mention, the ...

Working to understand the genetics of peanut disease resistance and yield, researchers led by scientists at the University of Georgia have uncovered the peanut's unlikely and complicated evolution.

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, ...

Vol. 395, No. 1/2, Part I: Special Issue Biochar and the Plant-Soil Interface (October 2015), pp. 415-427 (13 pages) Background and aims Peanut yield and quality are seriously compromised by ...

Premium Peanut contracts with more than 400 peanut growers across 45 counties in rural Georgia and South Carolina. The farms are not only suppliers; they are also shareholders in the company. (Source: ...

Because it takes a lot of peanuts to make a jar of peanut butter, commercial peanuts are grown on hundreds of acres at a time. There's also tremendous value in growing a few peanut plants of your own.

Trade in your grass lawn or groundcover plants for low maintenance and colorful perennial peanuts. Native to tropical South America, vibrant perennial peanuts (Arachis glabrata) like subtropical ...

Growing peanuts at home is fun, hugely satisfying and often easier than you may think. Known by many other names such as ...

The wild relatives of modern peanut plants have the ability to withstand disease in ways that peanut plants can't. Researchers have been homing in on the genetics of those wild relatives to make use ...

A Georgia health inspector who toured the peanut butter plant now at the center of a national salmonella outbreak noted only two minor violations in October. Less than three months later, federal ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Evelyn Mousigian. Buy this photo. A University of Michigan study published Feb. 14 ...