Jump back into the Noon Peanut Report with our third installment, filmed live May 16, 2025. Dr. Todd Baughman is joined by several AgriLife County Agents from around the state to discuss planting expectations and conditions. Special guests include Brianna Gonzales (Frio County), Terry Millican (Gaines County), and Michael Berry (Comanche County).
Catch up with the Texas Peanut Producers Board’s Noon Peanut Report! Join Dr. Todd Baughman and Dr. John Cason as they discuss how variety development works, exciting new varieties on the horizon, breeding challenges and future outlook.
Watch the rebroadcast of our Inaugural Noon Peanut Report! Recorded March 28, 2025, Dr. Todd Baughman and Dr. Pete Dotray discussed early season weed management & prevention.
It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to a friend of the Texas Peanut industry, Don Virgilio Elizodo. Being the founder of Elizondo Agroaliments and FRICOSEL, Virgilio can be described as a leader, visionary, and guiding light of the peanut industry. Virgilio played an essential role in establishing a relationship with Texas and […]
Wisconsin native Emily Green is studying the use of wild peanuts for cultivar improvement as part of her thesis research at Tarleton State University. Although wild peanuts are not what consumers find on grocery store shelves, they do contain desirable traits such as drought tolerance, disease resistance, and pest resistance, which Emily hopes to incorporate […]
The Mexican Peanut Manufacturers were eagerly welcomed back for a tour of shelling facilities and peanut fields, after a two-year break due to the pandemic
Once held annually, this year’s tour represented the first reverse trade mission hosted by the American Peanut Council since 2019. It was co-hosted by the Texas Peanut Producers Board in Lubbock, Texas from October 10-13.
Megan Mills placed first in the National Peanut Board Graduate Student Poster Competition at the 2022 American Peanut Research and Education Society Conference. Megan’s research was over Peanut Response to Diclosulam in the Southwest. Megan is a masters student at Texas Tech University in the plant and soil science program and is currently working in […]
Berry has been with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service since 2005, so he is an expert in #texasag. He has been the county agent in Comanche County since 2012. He coordinates with multiple agriculture producer groups and extension specialists to plan and implement comprehensive educational efforts.
The Texas Peanut Producers Board is seeking a remote communications intern to help lead all communications and marketing initiatives.
Peanut pathologist, Dr. Cecilia Monclova-Santana, develops high-quality extension and research programs in Texas based on the growers’ goal to produce a healthy and marketable crop. Her approach is to provide practical information for growers by conducting research to identify causes and management of plant diseases, and then communicating the findings through accessible educational programs.