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Peanut Proud Festival Preview

Dan Agri-Business, Events, Georgia, Peanuts

Well, if you’re planning next weekend, you want to make plans to go to Blakely, Georgia. Blakely will be having the Peanut Proud Festival. They’ve got teams working together from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The big day is around the Courthouse Square in Blakely starting at 9 a.m. The Peanut Proud store will be open that day. They said they’ll have a …

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Southwest Peanut Crop Outlook

Dan Peanuts

Well, the southeastern peanut crop is just about to get started here around April the 15th and planting peanuts. Peanut prices right now, according to the people that are growing in Texas, peanut prices are low, input costs are high, and rain is sparse. That’s the dilemma right now with Southwest growers growing in Texas, Oklahoma, and also New Mexico. They said the input …

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Farmers Concerns Prior To Planting

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Peanuts, Trade

A group of agricultural organizations is asking for more help in the agricultural area as planting season begins in earnest all across America. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent fuel and fertilizer prices skyrocketing and farmers are bothered being strained in a foreign farm economy that already had its back against the wall due to record inflation, trade uncertainty, rapidly declining …

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Peanut Proud Festival Coming Up

Dan Agri-Business, Events, Peanuts

Mark your calendar from March the 28th from 9 until Midnight almost and Blakely, Georgia. It’s the Peanut Proud Festival. Everyone’s invited to attend a parade lots of entertainment and lots of fun. We’ve been working on the 2.0 farm bill good news. In addition the bill includes important provisions Related to international and emergency food assistance that will be utilizing peanuts and peanut …

Peanut Standards Board

Nominees Wanted For Peanut Standards Board

Dan Agri-Business, Peanuts

The Department of Agriculture is seeking nominees for the Peanut Standards Board. They’ll fill seats on that board. Six producers and six industry reps will be assigned this year. They will be working with the Farm Bill as authorized to form this Peanut Standards Board. What do they do? They recommend updates on the minimum quality standards for U.S. peanuts, the food safety requirements and …

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A Look Within The Peanut Market

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Peanuts

Checking on the peanut market this week. Good news for farmers. They do have something offered at buying points. Peanut buying points are reporting that peanut contracts are now available for the 26 peanut crop. Contracts were started out on runners at $415 per ton. The tonnage is not limited. Contract offers for Virginia type peanuts was $425. Some farmers of course need …

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Peanut Contracts Available For Crop to Be Planted

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Funding, Peanuts

Peanut buying points are reporting that peanut contracts are available for the new peanut crop. Contracts for runner type peanuts now at $415 per ton. That is for the new crop that is about to be planted. Tonnage is not limited on that number. The contract offers Virginia type peanuts up to $425 per ton. Some farmers need their contracts to secure …

FARM Bill 2.0

Farm Bill 2.0 Benefits To Peanut Growers

Dan Farm Bill, Legislative, Peanuts

The FARM Bill 2.0 which is being passed in Washington has some additional that will help the entire peanut industry. The bill includes important provisions related to international and emergency food assistance programs, long-standing markets for U.S. peanut products. The allocation of $200 million annually will support this emergency food assistance program for the procurement and distribution of ready-to-use therapeutic foods which will provide …

U.S. peanut exports

A Look At US Peanut Exports

Dan Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Peanuts

Well about 20% of the peanut crop produced in the United States is exported. Let’s check the numbers on that. For December 2005 to December 2004 compared, the U.S. exported 34,586 metric tons, a surprising increase of 2%. The increase is driven by a continuous strong export to Mexico, which was up 32%. All other major markets were down, with Canada down 8%, China was down 3%, European …

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More Details From the January Peanut Stocks Report

Dan Commodities, Economy, Peanuts

Looking at more details on the peanut stocks and processing published by USDA, they said for January, peanut butter demand creeped up just a little bit, and it’s looking a little bit better, was everything else was still down. January 25th or January 24th compared, peanut candy was down 6.07%. Peanut snacks also down 9.97%. Peanut butter was up just a little, 0.94%, less …