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Spring 2025
June 17, 2025
Spring is Almost Over! We did see some peanut field replanting this year due to cool soil temperatures and some seedling disease and possibly due to some soil insects. But the crop is going strong now, especially with the help of Spring rains. And as always we had some feral hog damage, unfortunately the feral hog problem is getting to be more costly every year. With the high humidity that we have had this year those early July foliar fungicide sprays will be more important than ever, so keep an eye out for leaf spot.
May 14, 2025
Planting is in full swing. Soil temperatures have warmed up, soil moisture is good and peanut planting is underway in Oklahoma. Most contracts are for Runner type peanuts and it is important to get those in the ground very soon. The photo below is a morning bare-soil temperature reading, keep in mind that no-till ground may be a few degrees cooler.
May 6, 2025
Soil temperatures are still a little cool. The wet weather conditions are keeping soil temperatures too cool for planting but warmer, dryer weather is forecast for next week. The Oklahoma Mesonet has the 4 inch soil temperatures in the mid-upper 50's, and we probably need to be in the mid 60's for planting peanuts.
April 2025
Peanut Acres and EXPO. REE-NASS has estimated 20,000 acres of peanuts will be planted in 2025, I am estimating about 18,300 but we will not have final acreage reports until July. Contract prices were not what we hoped for, but all crop prices are down this year. Soil temperatures are warming up, I expect to see some April planted peanuts, but we will see what Mother Nature has to say about that.
I hope you got to attend the 2025 EXPO. We received some excellent information from Georgia Extension; Dr. Monfort explained the Peanut Grading Report and Dr. Abney taught us about Burrower Bugs. The Oklahoma Peanut Improvement team brought us up to date on new varieties, disease resistant varieties, weed control, and peanut disease control. Ashton Pellom with the National Peanut Board gave us an update and we asked Allie Randell to remind grower about the APC Sustainability program.
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