Perennial Peanut: An Alternative Forage of Growing Importance

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Aug 22, 2014

Perennial Peanut: An Alternative Forage of Growing Importance

What Is It? The rhizoma (perennial) peanut (Arachis glabrata Benth.) is a primitive peanut that produces very few seed in contrast to common peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). It is a warm season/tropical perennial legume native to South America. Its potential uses include hay and other dehydrated products, pasture, creep grazing, silage, ornamental, conservation cover, and […]

Aug 22, 2014

Perennial Peanut Establishment Guide

The purpose of this publication is to provide a guide for planting and establishing rhizomal perennial peanut (Arachis glabrata Benth.). This guide does not address all possible situations, but serves as a general procedural outline. In order to learn more about perennial peanut production, the authors of this document encourage producers to use their inventiveness […]