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Maxwell Lamptey is participating in a short-term training program supported by the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab from March to September 2015. As a Senior Technical Officer working on legumes at the Crops Research Institute (CRI) in Kumasi, Ghana, Maxwell was nominated for the program by CRI Deputy Director Emmanuel Otoo. During his time in…
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We visited with farmer Andy Robinson of 35 Farms, Williston, FL. County agent Andrew Drew of Levy county hosted us. We traveled to Andy’s farm where we discussed his practices and farming operations for growing peanuts – specfically for peanut seed production. Andy discussed his fertility operations and told the group he uses site specific…
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PMIL Collaborator Bob Kemerait received the prestigious APRES Fellow award at the 2015 American Peanut Research and Education Society meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on July 16th.
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UGA Pathologist Works to Help Farmers Abroad Published July 2015 – Tifton Scene Magazine Writer Clint Thompson
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Ask Ag About… Land Tenure and Governance Effectively addressing issues of land tenure and resource governance can mean the difference between project success and failure. This requires implementers to develop a clear understanding of the social and political structures surrounding access to land and other resources. Implementers must also weigh the interests of various stakeholders…
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Researching 1,500 Peanuts, One Variety at a Time Published Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 – Growing Georgia By Allison Floyd In the late 1990s, tomato spotted wilt virus took a bite out of peanuts in the Southeast, claiming half of some farmers’ crop and about 10% of the overall yield in 1997. One of the most…
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