High Oleic, Runner-type Peanut Variety
- Seed Size: Large – approx. 500-550 seed/pound
- Yield: 5,000-6,000+/acre under irrigation across Florida
- Market Type: Runner
- Maturity: 140 Days in Florida
Description: TUFRunner™ ‘297’ is a high yielding, medium maturity, high oleic runner-type peanut with excellent grade, and good resistance to spotted wilt and white mold. It exhibits high yield potential, similar seed size to ‘Florida-07’ and ‘Georgia-06G’, and better seed grade than ‘Georgia-06G’. TUFRunner™ ‘297’ matures in approximately 140 days; 10 days earlier than ‘York’. Pod yield for TUFRunner™ ‘297’ is superior to both ‘Georgia-06G’ and ‘Florida-07’. TUFRunner™ ‘297’ is susceptible to leaf spot, and growers are advised to use a complete leaf spot control program with both systemic and protectant activity.
To view the UF/IFAS Peanut Variety Fact Sheet for TUFRunner™ ‘297’, please click here.
License Availability: FFSP has non-exclusively licensed the following entities for the production and commercialization of the TUFRunner™ ‘297’ peanut cultivar:
Birdsong Peanuts
http://www.birdsong-peanuts.com/
Chris Thompson Farms
5094 CR 14, Midland City, AL 36350
(334) 790-3669
Delta Peanut, LLC
https://deltapeanut.com/
Forrester Farms, Inc.
6860 Bill Yance Rd, Columbia, AL 36319
(334) 696-3363
Golden Peanut Company, LLC
http://www.goldenpeanut.com/
McCleskey Mills, Inc.
http://www.mccleskeymills.com/
Rogers Brothers Peanuts, Inc.
https://rogersbrosfarm.com/gillespies-peanuts
Severn Peanut Company, Inc.
https://www.hamptonfarms.com/