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Kelly Chamberlin, USDA-ARS Comrade is praised for pod size distribution, seed size and earliness. Suggested Event Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021 Southwest peanut producers will soon have a new, early maturing, high-yielding Virginia variety with the joint release of Comrade by the USDA-ARS Center for Peanut Improvement, Stillwater, Okla., and N.C. State University Agriculture Research in Raleigh, N.C. “Comrade is an exceptional variety,” says Kelly Chamberlin, Center for Peanut Improvement research leader. “It shows exceptional pod size distribution, seed size and earliness.” Comrade matures in approximately 130 days compared to 140 to 145 days for other Virginia-type peanuts, Chamberlin says. Runner peanuts typically mature at 150 days or longer. ....
If peanut acres in 2021 go up or down, it likely won t be by much. Either way, peanut farmers, like many others across the South, could use some breaks in 2021. Right now, we just hope we ll start the year off better than last year without as many problems with stands as we unfortunately experienced last spring. We hope we ll see better germination and quality. It does not mean that we re going to skip out on some problems this year, but we do need a better year for certain, said Scott Monfort, University of Georgia Extension peanut agronomist. Weather-wise, conditions this winter have treated most of the Peanut Belt better than in previous seasons, he said, and that s a good starting sign. ....