Estimate and Sources of Information From Extension Service to Farmers Peanut Notes No. 67 2020
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Collapse ▲Recently I was asked by Dr. Marshall Lamb with the National Peanut Research Lab in Dawson, Georgia to provide an estimate of how many growers use the Extension Service in North Carolina for information related to peanuts. This information will be used by the American Peanut Council to inform stakeholders on how growers use science-based information at the farm level. Here are my answers to his two questions.
Jordan answers:
Question 1 – What percent of peanut producers in your state do you estimate follow Extension recommendations for peanut production practices mainly related to pesticide usage and cultural practices?
I would estimate that 95% of the producers in North Carolina use Extension Service recommendations either directly or indirectly through consultants, agribusiness, shellers, the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association.
Question 2 – Is there any documentation for Question 1? (This could be difficult because many growers attend Extension meetings and regularly contact County or Regional Extension Agents throughout the year for advice.)
There are challenges to making this estimate, but farmers receive information both directly and indirectly from the Extension Service. Based on survey data from county production meetings in North Carolina during winter 2019, approximately 45% of total peanut acres in North Carolina was represented by participants at these meetings. Farmers and their advisors receive information directly from the Extension Service through the following: county agent correspondence and field visits, extension specialist correspondence and field visits, North Carolina Annual Peanut Field Day (Lewiston-Woodville), Southeastern North Carolina Peanut Field Day (Whiteville), Peanut Extension portal, Peanut Information Series AG-331, and the NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual. The latter two items are used extensively by agribusiness in the state and this likely influences production and pest management practices. Peanut leaf spot and Sclerotinia blight advisories, both weather-based, are sent via e-mail to a wide range of practitioners in the state beginning in July and running through September. Ultimately, this information is used directly by farmers or is passed along to farmers as they address these two economically-important diseases. The decision to dig and invert vines is made by approximately 70% of farmers using the peanut maturity profile board developed by NC State Extension. The periodical V-C Peanut News is sent to virtually all growers in the region and contains updates and recommendations from research and extension faculty in each of the three issues published annually. The peanut specialist in North Carolina also provides a column in Peanut Grower Magazine in all of the issues of the periodical, and that information most often includes research-based recommendations for farmers and their advisors.
There is no official citation for this estimate. With the sources and interactions listed above, it seems reasonable that 95% of farmers would get access and use at least some of the information Extension provides. Even if it is for one question each year. I actually suspect the number is closer to 100% given both the direct and indirect input they receive.