*2024 Peanut field day information

FSA Peanut acres

Table 1. Planted and failed acres for Texas peanuts as of August 2024

Row Labels	Sum of Planted and Failed Acres
RUNNER PEANUTS	57768
SPANISH PEANUTS	109263
VALENCIA PEANUTS	27512
VIRGINIA PEANUTS	40995
Grand Total	235538

For the county data, please visit here.

2. Weather

Table 2. Monthly precipitation though August

Location	May	June	July	August	2024 May- Aug Total	2023 May-August Total
West TX	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.4	4.7	5.2
South TX	2.3	2.1	2.5	0.0	6.9	7.5
Central TX	8.3	1.2	2.9	0.2	12.6	5.4
Rolling Plains TX	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.0	10.8	8.1
SW OK	3.9	1.1	2.6	2.4	9.9	18.5

Table 3. Monthly heat unit accumulation though August

Location	May	June	July	August	2024 May-August Total	2023 May – August Total
West TX	557	773	764	833	2927	2722
South TX	799	886	894	935	3514	3374
Central TX	570	792	796	868	3026	3159
Rolling Plains TX	528	766	801	888	2983	2689

3. 2023 Variety trial results

Full version of 2023 variety trial result (pdf) available in here.

4. Projects you can participate!

*Diesel Nut project by Dr. John Cason

Would you want to plant diesel nut in your field? Contact us at emi.kimura@ag.tamu.edu

Research team will come to your fields to take soil samples! (First come first)

*Climate Smart Cotton project by Dr. Katie Lewis

*RegenAg project by Dr. Katie Lewis

*Texas Climate Smart Initiative by Dr. Julie Howe

*Regen Ag – soil health demonstration by Dr. Joseph Burke (Grower participation will be available in spring 2025)

Incentives available!

*Texas Climate Smart Initiative by Dr. Julie Howe

Much like the EQUIP program, incentives will be provided to you for the practices you would incorporate in your operation. List of practice incentives are found here.

*ORCOT – organic cotton project by Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan

If you are an organic grower and interested to participate in the project, please contact Muthu at m.bagavathiannan@ag.tamu.edu.

Project update by Muthu at Organic Get Together in Seminole, TX