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All About the Pod Podcast
The University of Georgia Peanut Team presents All About the Pod, a reoccurring podcast for peanut producers, industry partners, and anyone interested in learning about science-backed peanut production.
The goal of this podcast is to educate others about up-to-date problems our researchers see in the field. All About the Pod will feature extension specialists, research faculty, graduate students, extension agents, industry allies, and growers.
faculty impact
UGA supports African research network breeding climate-adapted peanuts
More than 4,000 miles separate the capital cities of Senegal in West Africa and Uganda in East Africa. Yet both countries grow peanuts and, like other countries across Africa, farmers there rely on peanuts as a food and cash crop. Five years ago, the researchers who help those farmers – plant breeders from Uganda, Senegal and seven other African countries – formed an organization called the Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa, or GINA, to develop peanut varieties that help African farmers deal with plant diseases and climate change.
Collaborative Research & Outreach
Peanut Innovation Lab receives $15 million
Farmers around the world grow peanuts because the plant adapts to poor soils and produces a crop even as droughts become more common. Smallholder farmers around the world grow the crop on modest plots and cook the nuts into traditional dishes or sell the crop for money to send their kids to school. On April 12, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the University of Georgia announced a five-year extension of their collaborative research and outreach work in peanut innovation.
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UGA Peanut Entomology
Posted by mrabney on Sep 24, 2025
Scout Now for Velvetbean Caterpillars
There is one thing I know to be true right now: nobody wants to spend another penny spraying anything on the 2025 peanut crop. Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports of heavy velvetbean caterpillar infestations in peanut fields in south-central Georgia over the last several days. One of them was in a field that was […]
UGA Peanut Entomology
Posted by mrabney on Aug 18, 2025
Where are the caterpillars?
At the risk of jinxing the whole dang thing, the question I have gotten most in recent days from peanut farmers, county agents, and consultants has been, “Where are the caterpillars?” The short answer is that I don’t know where the caterpillars are. Caterpillar pressure has been lighter than average across most of Georgia in […]
UGA Peanut Entomology
Posted by mrabney on Jul 28, 2025
What’s Eating the Peanuts…End of July Update
Late July and early August are generally prime time for foliage feeding caterpillars in Georgia peanut fields. Caterpillar pressure has been relatively light so far in 2025, but I have gotten a couple reports of fields at or near threshold over the last few days. A mix of species can and will be found in […]