China continues to pressure all the origins buying peanut oil that is available. Tyron Spearman reports this has caused an increase in the price. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research …
Disappointed with Tariffs on Peanuts
The European Union recently posted a new 25% tariff on U.S. peanuts, which Tyron Spearman reports disappoints many in the peanut industry. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, …
Farm Bureau Survey: Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Down 4%
(AFBF) — Thanksgiving celebrations will look different for many Americans this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gatherings are likely to be fewer and farther between, with social distancing and perhaps even remote family get-togethers. One tradition that continues this year is the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual cost survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table. …
NCC Looks at End of Year Priorities
There will be many new faces in both the U.S. House and Senate when the 117th Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, 2021. That includes at least 28 new cotton belt members from at least 12 states. But with Congress back in action for the lame duck session, Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council, …
Peanut Price Update
With harvest nearing the end, Tyron Spearman has an update on where peanut prices currently stand. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities …
A Drop in U.S. Peanut Exports
Exports of U.S. peanuts have enjoyed good numbers over the past few month, but new numbers show they have gone in a different direction. Tyron Spearman has a story explaining why. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Latest Cotton and Peanut Harvests Details
Efforts continue across the Southeast to move the cotton and peanut harvests along. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey has the latest look at cotton harvest activity. But Rippey says the pace of the peanut harvest is still behind the five-year average. In Alabama, cotton harvest was 71% complete, while last year it was at 84% and the 5-year average of 77%. As for the peanut …
PLC Payment Update for Peanuts
Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program payments for peanut producers were made in October for last year. And according to Tyron Spearman, the program has already recorded the first two months of the new year with prices received for peanuts (in-shell). Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …
House Ag Committee Chairman Candidates
A few legislators have thrown their hat into the arena to be chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. Tyron Spearman has the story. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research …
Nominations Open for Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award
(GPC) — Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer. The state winner will be announced at the Georgia Peanut Farm Show on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Tifton, Georgia. The award is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission and BASF. The Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award is based upon the applicant’s overall farm operation; environmental …