Peanuts

Jul 23, 2024

Late-Season Peanut Harvest and Disease Tour

Wed 9/25 1 PM – 3 PM Contact David Jordan at david_jordan@ncsu.edu for questions.

Jul 23, 2024

Central North Carolina Peanut Field Day

Thu 9/12 1 PM – 3 PM Fremont, NC 27830, USA Contact David Jordan at david_jordan@ncsu.edu for questions.

Jul 23, 2024

Southeastern North Carolina Peanut Field Day

Tue 9/10 1 PM – 3 PM Bladen County, NC, USA Contact David Jordan at david_jordan@ncsu.edu for questions.

Jul 23, 2024

NC Annual Peanut Field Day

Peanut Belt Research Station, 112 Research Station Ln, Lewiston Woodville, NC 27849, USA Contact David Jordan at david_jordan@ncsu.edu for questions.

USDA-ARS breaks ground on the new Plant Improvement Facility at NC State's Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory.

Sep 13, 2023

USDA-ARS Breaks Ground on New Plant Improvement Facility on NC State University Campus

USDA-ARS breaks ground on a state-of-the-art plant improvement facility housing 30-40 experts from ARS and NC State who will conduct research on maize, soybean, wheat, cotton and peanuts.

NC State graduate student Ty Seely poses in front of peanut plants in a greenhouse

Sep 11, 2023

Ty Seely: Speedy Peanut Breeding

Master's student Ty Seely was recently awarded for his work under Jeff Dunne on speedy peanut breeding. Read how shortening generation time is accelerating variety improvement.

Jun 15, 2023

NC Peanut Field Day

Thursday, September 7 8:30am – 1:00pm Lewiston, NC

Nov 7, 2022

Breeding Peanut 3.0

Building on years of NC State research, peanut breeder Jeff Dunne is using wild species genetics to breed disease-resistant varieties in a crop with an inherent fault.

In-shell peanuts on a plate with a baseball

Jun 8, 2022

More Than PB and Hay: The Value of Peanuts in North Carolina

North Carolina is the fifth-largest peanut-producing state and specializes in the aesthetically fancy Virginia market type, which is mostly used in-shell or as cocktail snacking nuts after shelling.

Oct 12, 2020

From Sunrise to Startups, Grad Students Plan Futures

CALS graduate students keep an eye on farming’s horizon. In labs and fields, they’re working to solve today’s problems and preparing to take on tomorrow’s challenges.