Once again this year, the Farm Press 2023 Peanut Efficiency Award winners were honored at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. The winner from the Lower Southeast states was Ryan Jenkins of Jay, Florida who farms 2,000 non-irrigated acres of peanuts, cotton, soybeans, corn, wheat and oats.

Jenkins encouraged all peanut farmers to participate in the award program, if only for their own self-improvement. “Get the application and fill it out, even if you don’t turn it in for the contest,” he said. “It took a day for me to fill my application out and that’s when you really begin to learn and you see real numbers right in front of your face.”

Ryan Jenkins, PEA winner (3:10)

The other three PEA winners were:
Upper Southeast states – Colt and Brandon Woody, Aiken, SC
Colt Woody, PEA winner (:29)

Southwest states – John Reddecop, Seminole, TX
John Reddecop, PEA winner (:30)

Southwest states – John Reddecop, Seminole, TX
Triple D Farms, PEA winner (1:17)