Every business in every industry needs research and development to stay competitive and stay in business.  Alone, producers can’t afford to experiment on fungicide rates or cultivar yields.  Together, growers pool their check-off dollars so scientists can do the research and producers can get the results.  You’re not competing against the farmer down the road or over in the next county anymore.  Now, all USA producers, regardless of where you live, are competing against farmers half a world away.

Since 2000, the National Peanut Board has invested $12 million, on more than 200 production research projects. Production research has served farmers well, and can continue to deliver value to USA peanut producers in the future.  While funding for peanut research is drying up, NPB has invested heavily in production research that can hold down costs while increasing yields.  A dime here, a dollar there — when it comes to research, it all adds up to keeping peanut production affordable for farmers. 

Just as farmers walk the fields, we’re taking a walk around the Peanut Belt to sample some of your research.  So we selected one project from each major peanut-producing state for our profiles in research.  Step by step, production research can keep USA peanut farming competitive on the world market.

For listing and summary of NPB research projects, please click here.