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Syngenta appreciates the Southern Peanut Growers Conference each year as an opportunity to visit with growers.

“The Southern Peanut Growers Conference is always well attended, and it’s always a great chance to see farmers and a lot of producers that you know and visit with them about the latest technology, find out what they’re doing, find out what’s working, what’s not working, what are the conditions on their farm,” said Wilson Faircloth, Agronomy Services Representative. “You’re kind of halfway through the season, so you can kind of ground check some things and kind of helps you know how the rest of the season may play out.”

Faircloth said Syngenta continues to offer fungicides in Elatus and Miravis that are well positioned to help growers fight tough diseases like white mold and leaf spot.

Wilson Faircloth, Syngenta (3:00)

Vantage Southeast continues to support the Southern Peanut Growers Conference year after year.

“We’ve always been firmly planted with the peanut growers. We started out with guidance just because of being able to plant and dig your peanuts correctly. We’re very focused on precision, just making sure that we can line back up and not tear fruit off the vine,” said Travis Kelley, Vice President of Technical Solutions. “We do full planter restorations, everything that you need to get a seed in the ground, we can pretty much deal with it before and after and in between harvests.”

Kelley said growers in his service area had a lot of rain early in the season, and more recent precipitation has slowed down spraying. But, he said things were planted in a timely fashion and crops are generally doing well.

Travis Kelley, Vantage Southeast (2:16)

FMC once again stepped up to hoist the Jolly Roger and treat the Southern Peanut Growers crew mates to a pirate party.

Those enjoying the pirate cruise included Blaire Colvin, technical service manager for FMC‘s southeast region. Colvin said FMC offers a strong portfolio for peanuts, including a new insecticide, herbicide and fungicide currently available. She said the conference is a key meeting for FMC where growers can share ideas about what to spray and other technical aspects of farming.

Blaire Colvin, FMC (2:28)

Corteva Territory Manager Tony Brunson appreciates the relaxed atmosphere at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference and the opportunity it presents for him and his company to connect with growers. He describes Corteva’s investment as a reimbursement in what they’re doing for farmers when it comes to research and development, with lots of products aimed specifically at peanut growers.

Tony Brunson, Corteva (3:06)

BASF Sales Representative William Reed continues to support the Southern Peanut Growers Conference as he finds it to be a valuable opportunity for growers to get together and talk about what’s happening on farms through the current growing season.

Reed said wet conditions have been challenging peanut growers in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, and does not remember another year when things were this far behind. He is excited about the newest BASF fungicide for use in peanuts, called Provysol.

William Reed, BASF (3:09)

Feral hog damage costs $1.5 billion annually in the U.S. and farmers in the southeast know only too well the havoc these wild animals can cause on the land.

HogEye Cameras has a solution and they were happy to be part of the Southern Peanut Farmers Conference to spread the news. Jack Robertson says their company specializes in camera systems for trapping nuisance animals.

“The camera systems we make are live feed video,” said Robertson. “It makes it more efficient because the user is actually live watching so you can see the pigs in the trap and those still outside the trap so the landowner can make an informed decision on when to deploy the trap.”

The system comes with solar panels to provide the energy for the live feed camera 24/7.

Learn more in this interview.

Jack Robertson, Hogeye (10:28)