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Well, peanut farmers are busy in the field now as they have irrigation, apply and water as the peanuts get ready to peg down for the year. The Peanut Institute, which works on all the nutrition of peanuts, reminds you that peanuts are brain boosters. Maintaining brain health in men requires attention to health care, hormone regulation, and regular mental …
Checking on the peanut crop and it’s advanced with the temperatures getting higher and higher. Earlier this week they evaluated the crop at two percent very poor, six percent poor, 30 fair and 56 good with six excellent and that is nationwide. On the southeast they’re showing Georgia 50 percent of their crop they say is pegging. The five-year average …
USDA’s Ag Statistics Service has issued their first estimating of plantings for this year. On peanuts, it’s estimated at 1.53 million acres for this year. That’s down 22 percent from last year. The area to be harvested will be 1.48 million acres this year. That’s down 23 percent on the harvested area. In Georgia, they said the largest peanut producing …
The Georgia Peanut Commission and other members of the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation remind growers and industry specialists about this year’s 27th annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference scheduled for July 21st through 23rd at the Edgewater Beach Resort Conference Center in Panama City Beach, Florida. Online registration will close on July 15th and after that date registration will be available …
The average price for peanuts received by farmers is yet to be determined for the full year because we have it posted May, June, or July. But after that, farmers are thinking about a PLC payment that will come, or price loss coverage payment, that will come after October the 1st. That’s the new peanut program payout if farmers do …
An update on the peanut crop in the Southeast. In Georgia they’re saying that crop is 33% pegging, 32 is the 5-year average, average condition is 3% very poor, 8 poor, 33 fair, 50 good, and 6% excellent. The industry is waiting for an estimate on planted acres coming up next week. Alabama says they are 1% very poor, 1% …
At the USA Peanut Congress recently, the Hershey Company, who buys lots of peanuts and peanut butter, Kyle Feaster said the industry needs to continue their efforts to show they’re sustainable in the future and be able to talk about it and prove it. He said their goal at Hershey is to know their source of resilient ingredients. Will they …
Well the peanut industry is proud of some leading products that have made them number one and not only here but all around the world. Peanut M&M’s and Peanut Snickers. The peanuts are a trifecta according to the M&M folks. One, it’s a nutritional powerhouse. Peanuts offer a great source of plant-based protein, fiber, and healthy fats. Number two, the …
At the USA Peanut Congress recently held in Florida, Rachel Thompson of M&M Mars and Mars Wrigley expressed their enthusiasm in the company for peanuts as they expand their portfolio. She said, “we’re excited about what’s happening. Peanuts are the heart of our business at Mars and especially our iconic brands. Mars is promoting peanuts as our hero ingredient, and …
As settlers moved westward across North America, agriculture became the foundation of survival, economic growth, and community development. Early American agriculture was not built by a single culture or group of people. Instead, it evolved through the exchange of crops, farming knowledge, and agricultural practices between Native Americans and European immigrants. According to today’s American Agriculture History Minute with Mark …
