Growing Peanuts in the Northwest & Collecting Peanut Butter at Sunbelt Expo

Randall Weiseman October 13, 2009 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

There is one farmer in the Northwest part of our nation that is growing peanuts as Tyron Spearman has information about how he’s doing it, and he also invites all those planning to attend next week’s Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition in Moultire, Georgia to bring a jar or two of peanut butter with them.

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