The Legendary Mr. Peanut Passes at 95

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Known as “Mr. Peanut,” Frank McGill spent the majority of his career working at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus as an Extension peanut specialist. He is pictured here with a high peanut yield in 1974.
Courtesy UGA Extension

J. Frank McGill, the legendary Cooperative Extension peanut specialist passed away last week. Tyron Spearman has more details about the man who many knew as Mr. Peanut.

The Legendary Mr. Peanut Passes at 95
Frank McGill, University of Georgia’s first peanut specialist, explains how the cotton boll weevil spawned the beginning of the peanut industry in Georgia.
Video by Georgia Peanut Commission