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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 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 …
Back in July, the One Big Beautiful Bill was passed and signed into law following votes of approval of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. The primary purpose of a budget reconciliation bill is to fast-track legislation required for federal funding, revenue, and debt limit for the year. The final bill on that included the policy priorities …
Good news on the peanut market according to the analysis by USDA. Farmers have planted 1.5 million acres of peanuts this season. That is down 22 percent from last year, mainly due to suppressed prices from large carry-on stocks from last year. They said as a result the peanut stocks and processing is revising their numbers. They said food use …
U.S. peanut crop now is perking along good with some good rains helping the farmers. They rated the crop this week one percent very poor, six percent poor, 33 fair, 53 good, and seven excellent. That’s nationwide. In Georgia there, 88 percent of their crop is pegging. The five-year average is 86. Soil moisture has been returning to good, 39 …
American peanut farmers are involved with the American Peanut Council. Their core responsibility is to administer an export promotion program for U.S. peanuts, increasing the consumption of U.S. grown peanuts and peanut products internationally. APC does not process or sell peanuts. Instead, resources are devoted to market development and dissemination of trade information on behalf of the U.S. industry. Right …
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 …
