1. How did the weather last week impact the peanut crop?
2. What is the status of the harvest?
3. What do we have in store as move into October

Recorded September 29, 2026

Peanut growers receive information on peanut related issues in various formats. This podcast, Searching for the Brighter Pod, is designed to update peanut growers and the people advising them on relevant topics they are dealing with during the cropping cycle. The podcast will include discussions with NC State Extension Specialist and Agents and people and organizations aligned with the peanut industry in North Carolina.

Featuring North Carolina Extension Specialist - Dr David Jordan.

Hosted by Gary Little

Created at North Carolina State University in association with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and The Department of Crop and Soils Sciences.

Email us at Brighterpod@gmail.com

https://go.ncsu.edu/brighterpod

NC Extension Peanuts

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The past week

Status of the Crop

Seed Peanuts

The upcoming week

Recorded on September 22, 2026

Peanut growers receive information on peanut related issues in various formats. This podcast, Searching for the Brighter Pod, is designed to update peanut growers and the people advising them on relevant topics they are dealing with during the cropping cycle. The podcast will include discussions with NC State Extension Specialist and Agents and people and organizations aligned with the peanut industry in North Carolina.

Featuring North Carolina Extension Specialist - Dr David Jordan.

Hosted by Gary Little

Created at North Carolina State University in association with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and The Department of Crop and Soils Sciences.

Email us at Brighterpod@gmail.com

https://smartlink.ausha.co/brighter-pod

NC Extension Peanuts

A GL production produced at GL Studios

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Looking back on the past weeks

Field days in the past weeks

Patience in September

Looking ahead.

Recorded on September 17, 2026

Peanut growers receive information on peanut related issues in various formats. This podcast, Searching for the Brighter Pod, is designed to update peanut growers and the people advising them on relevant topics they are dealing with during the cropping cycle. The podcast will include discussions with NC State Extension Specialist and Agents and people and organizations aligned with the peanut industry in North Carolina.

Featuring North Carolina Extension Specialist - Dr David Jordan.

Hosted by Gary Little

Created at North Carolina State University in association with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and The Department of Crop and Soils Sciences.

Email us at Brighterpod@gmail.com

https://smartlink.ausha.co/brighter-pod

NC Extension Peanuts

A GL production produced at GL Studios

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

1. A recap of what has happened in the past week.

2. Reasons we might feel like we need to dig before pods are mature?

3. If a tropical event is coming, are peanuts better on top of the ground or in the soil?

4. Upcoming Field Days

Recorded on September 9, 2026

Peanut growers receive information on peanut related issues in various formats. This podcast, Searching for the Brighter Pod, is designed to update peanut growers and the people advising them on relevant topics they are dealing with during the cropping cycle. The podcast will include discussions with NC State Extension Specialist and Agents and people and organizations aligned with the peanut industry in North Carolina.

Featuring North Carolina Extension Specialist - Dr David Jordan.

Hosted by Gary Little

Created at North Carolina State University in association with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and The Department of Crop and Soils Sciences.

Email us at Brighterpod@gmail.com

https://smartlink.ausha.co/brighter-pod

NC State Peanut Extension

A GL production produced at GL Studios

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Growers are looking at Maturity. Patience is a key.

NC Annual Peanut Field Day and NC Grower Membership Meeting on September 10. 

Recorded on September 1, 2026

Peanut growers receive information on peanut related issues in various formats. This podcast, Searching for the Brighter Pod, is designed to update peanut growers and the people advising them on relevant topics they are dealing with during the cropping cycle. The podcast will include discussions with NC State Extension Specialist and Agents and people and organizations aligned with the peanut industry in North Carolina.

Featuring North Carolina Extension Specialist - Dr David Jordan.

Hosted by Gary Little

Created at North Carolina State University in association with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and The Department of Crop and Soils Sciences.

Email us at Brighterpod@gmail.com

https://smartlink.ausha.co/brighter-pod

https://go.ncsu.edu/brighterpod

A GL production produced at GL Studios

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

We look back over the previous week

Talk in depth about Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Peanuts.

Then look ahead and talk about upcoming Field Days

Peanut growers receive information on peanut related issues in various formats. This podcast, Searching for the Brighter Pod, is designed to update peanut growers and the people advising them on relevant topics they are dealing with during the cropping cycle. The podcast will include discussions with NC State Extension Specialist and Agents and people and organizations aligned with the peanut industry in North Carolina.

Featuring North Carolina Extension Specialist - Dr David Jordan.

Hosted by Gary Little

Created at North Carolina State University in association with North Carolina Cooperative Extension and The Department of Crop and Soils Sciences.

A Text transcript is available at https://cropsoil.cals.ncsu.edu/podcast/TSWV.pdf

Email us at Brighterpod@gmail.com

https://smartlink.ausha.co/brighter-pod

A GL production produced at GL Studios

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Issues that have affected growers so far in the season

Issues to think about in the later half of the growing season

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