The USA Peanut Congress this past week, sponsored by the American Peanut Council and the American Peanut Shellers, honored leaders in the company and the peanut industry with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The winners were Lewis Carter, Lewis M. Carter Jr., Chairman Emeritus of the Lewis M. Carter Manufacturing Company based in Donaldsonville, Georgia. During his 38 years as Chairman …
Highlighting Peanut Industry Meetings
Special meetings unveil new things that may be coming during the coming year. The peanut industry has two or three special meetings that they learn what’s going to happen in the future and how they’ve done in the past with their industry. The 30th annual USA Peanut Congress was held this week at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. It’s co-hosted …
UGAs Monfort Provides Peanut Planting Update and Recommendations
Scott Monfort, the peanut specialist in Georgia provided an update and some recommendations for peanut growers. Monfort said, “The best thing as you can walk outside and see right now is rainfall. We needed that to get this moving in the right direction. We estimate that we’re about a quarter of the acres being planted at this point. And if I …
Peanut Antitrust Litigation Update
Peanut growers may have received an email or letter in the mail regarding an antitrust litigation notice. According to a story from Tyron Spearman, those who previously filed a claim in 2021 must submit a W-9 by March 31, 2022 in order to receive funds. Click here to read more about the full notice regarding the proposed settlement. Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application …



