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USDA Agriculture Department says we produced 3,590,000 tons of peanuts this past year. That’s an 11% increase over the previous year. Domestic use for domestic food is predicted to decrease this year about 1.6% so far. Peanuts for crush, that’s going into peanut oil, is up 22%. This could have been caused by some quality issues during the peanut harvest and some dry areas. Peanut …
Settlement and the Promise of Kansas Farmland Early agriculture in the state of Kansas was not always successful. When Kansas was opened to settlement in 1854, waves of settlers began moving into the region, drawn by the promise of fertile land on the vast prairie. Farmers arriving in the territory often brought seeds with them from the eastern United States …
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 …
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 …
The American Soybean Association is calling for the Trump Administration to prioritize soybean exports in upcoming trade talks with China. The ASA called for these additional purchases of soybeans in a letter to the White House with the additional request of removing the remaining 10% retaliatory tariff on U.S. imports into China. ASA President Scott Metzger said, “Farmers continue to …
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 …
International trade played a powerful role in shaping agriculture in early America. Long before the United States became a global agricultural powerhouse, colonial farmers and traders were already responding to international markets. In the early 1700s, demand from Europe for both natural resources and food helped drive economic growth across several regions of the American colonies. From the booming fur …
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 …
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 …
Grain and livestock futures remain weaker, though we think they’ll be more stable as we move toward Friday. A disappointing February soybean crush number only adds to uncertainty in the soybean complex, President Trump hinting that that March 31st meeting in Beijing could be delayed if China doesn’t help with security in the Strait of Hormuz. A delay in that meeting only delays a …
