Once again, nearly 50 companies and organizations stepped up to make the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference possible. We are blessed to have such wonderful supporters for our peanut farmers. This blog became part of the conference in 2008 and Ag Technologies has been the sponsor since the beginning. “We’re happy to to be here and we serve the the … Read More
Peanut Policy & Economics
Peanut growers have experienced a lot of changes in the various farm bills that have been passed over the years and farmers overall have seen support for them within the bill continue to shrink. “The commodity piece of the farm bill has been sliding for a number of years, and you can see, if you look at the 2018 bill, … Read More
Panel on New EPA Pesticide Strategy
The first general session panel at the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference focused on the pesticide strategy recently finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency and the ramifications for the peanut industry. The panel featured Dr. Taylor Singleton, University of Georgia; Dr. Mark Abney, University of Georgia; and Dr. Wilson Faircloth, Syngenta. Dr. Singleton says EPA has developed a new framewors … Read More
Farm Press Peanut Efficiency Award Winners
The 2025 Farm Press Peanut Efficiency Award winners were recognized at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. The 26th Class of PEA winners are: Upper Southeast – Brian and Adam Darden, Newsoms, Va. (not present) Lower Southeast – Riley Davis, Terrell County, Ga. Delta – Atkins Farm, Hamilton, Miss. Southwest – Brent Hendon, Welch, Texas Alan and Jamie Dean Atkins, Riley … Read More
Rollin’ on the River Roundup
The 2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference bids farewell to the fair city of Savannah and a great meeting with plenty of information to take home and digest. To see all of the content in one place, you can go to the SPGC virtual newsroom which includes links to all the photos and audio files. Here are the highlights of the … Read More
Sponsors Make it All Possible
Nearly 50 companies and organizations were responsible for making the 2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference possible. If it were not for their support, the cost of this great event would be more than many growers would be able to afford. That’s what we appreciate their help so much. FMC Corporation once again stepped up at the Platinum level to sponsor … Read More
Farmers Help Experts Analyze Profitability
Everyone in the peanut industry likely knows Dr. Stanley Fletcher, a professor of policy at the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. For almost 25 years, Dr. Fletcher’s job has been to analyze the costs of peanut production concerning yields and grade and evaluate the profitability of various production operations. In order to do that, … Read More
Status of the Southeastern Peanut Crop
Peanut acres are up this year in the Southeast, according to Auburn Extension Peanut Agronomist Kris Balkcom. “Looking here at Alabama, we had increased about 7 to 10% over the year before. Georgia is up 10% and Florida is up 6% as well. Mississippi is up 25%. And you can see overall here we’re looking at 1.75 million acres,” said … Read More
Peanuts and Chickens
Peanuts and chickens go together in the South like peanut butter and jelly, so feeding peanuts to chickens could be a win-win. Dr. Ondulla Toomer, with the USDA-ARS Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, has found in her research that feeding high-oleic peanuts to meat-type broiler chickens enhances the fatty acid profile of the meat produced. “Peanuts … Read More
U.S. Peanut Federation Policy Update
It was four years ago that the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, the American Peanut Shellers Association and the National Peanut Buying Points Association joined together to create the United States Peanut Federation, which is piloted by long-time peanut industry lobbyist Bob Redding. Besides the farm bill, Redding talked about the need to increase exports. “Whether Republicans or Democrats control the … Read More