Peanuts may be a familiar snack across the United States, but behind every jar of peanut butter or bag of roasted peanuts are decades of research focused on health, flavor and reliability.
At Texas A&M AgriLife, breeders, growers and industry partners are working to develop peanut varieties with better nutrition, longer shelf life and stronger performance under Texas growing conditions. That work matters well beyond the farm. The whole peanut plant is usable, with value for food, fuel and animal feed, and it is becoming a more important protein source for people around the world.
Texas has a niche in the peanut market. It is uniquely positioned because it can grow all four types of peanuts—runner, Virginia, Spanish and Valencia; raise them both organically and conventionally; and, most significantly, specialize in high oleic varieties.
PHOTO: A Texas A&M research team is developing high-oil peanut varieties.(Photo courtesy Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.)
