Registration Ongoing for Southern Peanut Growers Conference

Clint Thompson Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

By Clint Thompson Registration is ongoing for the Southern Peanut Growers Conference, scheduled for July 15-17 at the Edgewater Beach and Golf Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida. The Southern Peanut Farmers Federation returns for its annual in-person conference after having last year’s event cancelled amid COVID-19. Georgia Peanut Commission Executive Director Don Koehler discusses the significance of this event …

Court Blocks Controversial Pesticide

Dan Citrus, Environment

(TALLAHASSEE/June 9, 2021) — In a victory for environmental and farmworker groups, an appeals court has overturned federal approval of a controversial pesticide that supporters say could help fight a disease that has caused heavy damage in Florida’s citrus industry. The decision this week by a panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia came …

Peanut Stocks Down from a Year Ago

Dan Peanuts

New numbers indicate peanut stocks are down from this time a year ago. And as Tyron Spearman reports, lower stocks are partly due to higher demand. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Hot, Dry Conditions Slowing Peanut Planting

Dan Peanuts

Due to the hot, dry conditions, some peanut planters are idle right now waiting on rain. Tyron Spearman has the story. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Peanut News From Around the Belt

Dan Peanuts

In peanut news from around the belt, Tyron Spearman looks at peanut butter donations being made and has information about a new peanut processing facility. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

New Update for Peanut Forecast

Dan Peanuts

USDA has updated a few peanut production numbers for this year through the supply and demand program. Tyron Spearman looks at the new figures. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Georgia Peanut Commission: Fitting Time to Make Extra Donation

Clint Thompson Georgia, Peanuts

The donation of more than 50,000 jars of peanut butter to Georgia food banks by the Georgia Peanut Commission will help those in need during COVID-19, according to Assistant Executive Director Joy Crosby. “The Georgia peanut farmers are proud to partner with the Food Bank Association in Georgia and also through Peanut Proud, which is the peanut industry’s humanitarian relief …

Generous Donation: Georgia Farmers Donate 70,560 Jars of Peanut Butter

Clint Thompson Georgia, Peanuts

TIFTON, Ga. (May 20, 2021) – The Georgia Peanut Commission and its 4,500 farmers are celebrating the start of peanut season with a generous peanut butter donation. Though a partnership with the Georgia Food Bank Association, farmers are donating an additional 50,400 jars of peanut butter to America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, Feeding the Valley Food Bank, the Food …