Peanuts

Jun 17, 2026

15th Southeastern NC Peanut Field Day

Wednesday | Sep 16 | 1:30 PM — 2:30 PM Adam Gardner farm, Intersection of Highway 42 and Town Creek Road in Wilson County The field day will be at… 

Jun 17, 2026

NC Annual Peanut Field Day and NC Grower Membership Meeting

Thursday | Sep 10 | 8:30 AM — 1:00 PM Peanut Belt Research Station, 112 Research Station Ln, Lewiston Woodville, NC 27849, USA The field day will be first thing… 

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.   

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. 

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.