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15 farm families recently were announced as the University of Georgia Peanut Team for their high yield in peanuts last season. The high yields range from 4,156 pounds up to 6,794 pounds per acre. Many of the high yielding farmers agree that having a good rotation, good quality seed, and good weather conditions make all the difference with their yields. …
If you’re interested in cotton and peanuts, the Cotton and Peanut Research Field Day will be held at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Comfort Center in Tifton coming up on September the 2nd. Mallory will have a list of people coming with a special presentation on each of those commodities with updates of those crops. Another one coming up …
Jif, America’s favorite peanut butter brand, is unveiling a refreshed branding to celebrate the many ways consumers enjoy it today from everyday snacking occasions to the traditional peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Peanut farmers are very proud that Jif, the number one brand, is increasing the demand for peanuts. Jif unveils their first major refreshment in more than 30 years …
Peanut farmers know that about 30 percent of their crop on certain years are exported to other countries. Well, who’s buying up the peanuts and is our favorite customers? Right now, the number one buyer has been Mexico at 148,000 metric tons this year and the following that was Canada. Following recent changes China has moved up to number one …
Peanut farmers have a checkoff program that funds the National Peanut Board based in Atlanta, Georgia. This year they’ve had their program of work planning session and how to spend 13.1 million dollars. This is the amount of money they’ll have this year to promote peanuts. They also are talking about their new platform, Unifying Peanuts, with their new theme …
USDA’s stocks and processing for peanuts has been announced with some new numbers lowering the number of peanuts that will go into the market this year because of a cut back in acres. There’s 5.4 billion pounds expected. That’s 2,709,000. That’s down 25 percent with a lower harvested area and offset by higher yield. The higher yield is about 200 …
U.S. peanut farmers have reported their acreage now on all the major crops, and USDA published a report this week. They’re showing that overall, the corn production or grain is forecast at 16 billion bushels. That’s down six percent from 25 and should be the second highest production on record. If realized, based on the conditions right now, the average …
Well, the peanut market’s been looking at some actual real figures on how many peanuts were planted this year. Lots of guesses, but this is what USDA has published now based on the farmers reporting as of July the 15th. They’ll release the certified acres a little bit later, but they’re showing that Georgia will now drop from 915,000 acres …
USDA has released the expected yields for the coming year, even though the weather has not been helpful in some areas, but most everybody has received rain to give some indication of a good crop this year for peanuts. In Florida, Florida has now averaged 3,900 pounds of peanuts per acre. They say they’ll drop to 3,800 pounds this coming …
U.S. peanut growers have a special checkoff program called the National Peanut Board. This year they have a program of work to promote peanuts with a $13.1 million budget for this coming year. They recently met and approved their plan for this coming year. The upcoming season, they said, will focus on how peanut products fuel performance, specifically targeting the …
