july/august 2015 - southeastern peanut farmer

A communication service of the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation.

Inside:n Scouting peanuts

n Harvest Guidebook

n China trade mission

6 Scouting peanutsThe message is simple from University ofGeorgia Extension peanut entomologistMark Abney, “We need to be scoutingmore of our peanuts.” Peanut scouting is important for farmers to help reducespraying, save time and money, andprovides timely application sprays.

10 2015 Harvest GuidebookThe 2015 Southeastern PeanutFarmer’s Harvest Guidebook features information on the hullscrape method, equipment updates,as well as a checklist for gettingthe digger and combine ready forharvest.

16 China trade mission Representatives from the U.S. peanutindustry participated in a trademission to China to gain a betterunderstanding of the Chinese market,develop relationships and look foropportunities for exports of USAgrown peanuts.

Contents

July/August 2015 Southeastern Peanut Farmer 3

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D e p a r t m e n t s :Checkoff Report ..................................................................................Alabama Peanut Producers Association, Florida Peanut Producers Association,

Georgia Peanut Commission and Mississippi Peanut Growers Association

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Cover Photo: Freshly dug peanuts at the farm of Joe Boddiford in Slyvania, Georgia.

Photo by Joy Crosby.

4 Southeastern Peanut Farmer July/August 2015

Our water rights

(Let us know about your event. Please send detailsto the editor at [email protected].

Water is a valuable resource to everyone – consumers and

farmers. You can even ask those living in California about the

importance of water since they are entering their fourth year

of a record-breaking drought creating an extremely parched

landscape. On the other hand, farmers in the Midwest and Great Plains are

dealing with flooding. Every region seems to have issues from time to time

with not enough water or too much water. However, an even greater problem

may arise as our valuable water may now be threatened by an overreach

from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule published in the Federal Register

on June 29, is scheduled to become effective on Aug. 28. Unless Congress

takes action to stop EPA’s unprecedented and unlawful land-grab, the Waters

of the U.S. rule will go into effect Aug. 28, giving EPA and the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers broad new powers to assert federal jurisdiction and

regulate isolated “waters,” ditches and rain-driven ephemeral drains,

resulting in permit requirements for many normal farming, ranching and

business activities.

While farmers and ranchers make the push for Congress to rein in EPA’s

overreach, they’re also challenging the rule in court. Earlier this month,

American Farm Bureau Federation and 11 other agricultural and industry

groups asked a federal court to vacate the WOTUS rule. Many states

including Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi have joined together to

file suit against the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to seek relief

from the WOTUS rule. Mississippi and Louisiana joined the state of Texas

and filed suit in the Southern District court in Texas. Georgia’s lawsuit, filed

in the federal court for the Southern District of

Georgia, was joined by Alabama, Florida, Kansas,

Kentucky, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia and

Wisconsin.

I’m sure more details wll continue to unfold

on the WOTUS rule so stay informed and speak

out when you have an opportunity so you don’t

lose your water rights. t

u American Peanut Shellers AssociationPre-Harvest Meeting, Aug. 4-5, 2015, Lake

Blackshear Resort & Golf Club, Cordele, Ga.

For more information, call 229-888-2508 or

visit peanut-shellers.org.

u Southeast Research and EducationCenter Field Day, Aug. 12, 2015. For more

information call 478-589-7472.

u Brooklet Peanut Festival, Aug. 15,2015. For more information visit the festival’s

website at brookletpeanutfestival.com.

u Florida Peanut Field Day, Aug. 20,2015, North Florida Research and Education

Center, Marianna, Florida. For more informa-

tion call 850-526-1611.

u Alabama Peanut Field Day, Aug. 21,2015, Wiregrass Research and Extension

Center, Headland, Ala. For more information

call 334-693-2363.

u Peanut Field Day, Aug. 27, 2015, WestFlorida Research and Education Center, Jay,

Florida. For more information call 850-995-

3720.

u Peanut Twilight Tour, Aug. 27, 2015, I.C.Terry Farm, Lake City, Florida. For more

information call 386-623-1315.

u Georgia Peanut Tour, Sept. 15-17, 2015,Thomasville, Ga. and surrounding area. For

more information visit the tour website at

georgiapeanuttour.com.

u Peanut Disease Tour, Sept. 22-24, 2015,Tour stops in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.For more information contact Albert Culbreath

at [email protected].

u Plains Peanut Festival, Sept. 26, 2015.For more information visit plainsgeorgia.com.

u Sunbelt Ag Expo, Oct. 20-22, 2015. Formore information visit sunbeltagexpo.com or

call 229-985-1968.

u Florida Farm Bureau Annual Meeting,Oct. 28-30, 2015, Sawgrass Marriott Resort,

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. For more information

visit www.floridafarmbureau.org.

Editorial Calendar of Events

Joy Carter CrosbyEditor

The American Peanut Council was incorporated in 1940, and has been

serving as a forum for peanut industry members ever since. A special

memory book commemorating the history of the organization will be

available at the end of 2015. While we have lots of photos from recent

decades, we don’t have many from our early years. If you have photos

from the 40s, 50s or 60s, please scan and send them by email to

[email protected]. If it is easier to mail them, please send them in

a flat package and we will scan and return them to you right away. Make

sure to identify your pictures, and let us know names (if you know them)

and dates as closely as is possible. Kindly mail photos to Erica Davies,

American Peanut Council, 1500 King Street, Suite 301, Alexandria,

Virginia, 22314.

American Peanut Council celebrates 75 years


Mark Abney’s message

to Georgia peanut

farmers is the same

today as it was two

years ago, when he was hired as the

University of Georgia’s research and

Cooperative Extension peanut entomolo-

gist: “We need to be scouting more of our

peanuts.”

The majority of Georgia’s peanut

acreage, which is expected to be between

725,000 and 750,000 acres this year, is

not scouted. Abney insists this is a major

problem.

In a recent UGA Extension survey of

peanut growers, only 25 percent of

respondents reported monitoring their

crop through a paid scout or consultant.

“This is discouraging, but it’s also an

opportunity for UGA Extension to let

growers know the benefits of regular

scouting and, hopefully, increase the

scouted acreage,” Abney says. “There are

very few acres overall that are systemati-

cally scouted. That means we’re treating a

lot of fields for insects that don’t need to

be treated and we’re probably treating

some fields that needed to be treated last

week, this week.”

The lack of scouting means Georgia

peanut farmers are spending unnecessary

money and time treating diseases and

pests and basing insecticide application

decisions on incomplete or incorrect

information, Abney says.

“That means many of our spray

decisions are based on what our neighbors

are doing or what somebody has seen in a

different field,” Abney says. “Maybe you

walk into a field and see a problem and

say, ‘OK, I’m going to spray everything.’

We really stress hiring someone whose

job it is to scout your peanuts.”

Farmers also tend to automatically

spray an insecticide and a fungicide to

save time. That can be costly, however, as

insecticide sprays can cost more than $15

per acre.

“We’re not usually scouting for dis-

eases because we know we have to spray.

It’s easy for a grower to say, ‘I’ve got to

spray a fungicide on this field anyway, so

let me throw some insecticide in there for

insurance.’ There are

problems with that

approach,” he says.

Also, ill-advised spray-

ing can lead to the decline of

natural predators, which

could open up an even

bigger problem.

“If you go into a cotton

field, the fruit of the cotton

is right there. If it’s getting

eaten, you can see it; with

peanuts, it is not that easy.

The most serious pests of

peanuts are usually below

the ground; the caterpillars we see eating

leaves are not nearly as important as the

insects we do not see eating the pegs and

pods below the ground,” Abney says.

Growers often use a broad-spectrum

material like a pyrethroid, he said,

because of its low cost. But these

chemicals can wipe out natural enemies

and lead to more pest problems.

Some of the insects that Georgia

peanut farmers are most wary of are

lesser cornstalk borers and burrower bugs.

Both can wreak havoc in peanut fields if

left untreated. Abney reminds growers

that just because their neighbor’s peanuts

may be infested, doesn’t mean their crop

is, too.

“The single, most important thing

that we can change in Georgia to help us

with insect management is to scout more

acres,” Abney says.

Georgia is the country’s largest

producer of peanuts. According to the

UGA Center for Agribusiness and

Economic Development, Georgia

generated $507.4 million in farm gate

value for peanuts in 2013. t

UGA entomologist stresses scouting fieldsfor pests to Georgia peanut farmers

Mark Abney, University of Georgia peanut entomologist, says growers need to be scouting peanuts

more to reduce the risk of overtreating fields or treating fields too late.

BY CLINT THOMPSONUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF

AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Scouting peanuts

u Eliminates overtreating of fields forinsects that do not need to be treated.

u Eliminates treating some fields aweek late.

u Eliminates spending unnecessarymoney and time.

u Eliminates ill-advised spraying thatcan lead to decline of natural predators.

Miss National Peanut

Festival, Laura McKenny

and Little Miss National

Peanut Festival, Ray Anna

Ausley, recently joined

Alabama Peanut Producers

Association (APPA) executive director, Caleb

Bristow and his wife, Freda, at the Wiregrass

Division March of Dimes March for Babies. More

than 50 kids visited the Kids’ Activities tent,

sponsored each year by APPA. In addition to

games and prizes, kids were able to make peanut

magnets and were given peanut coloring sheets as

well.

The Georgia Peanut Commission exhibited at the

American Heart Association’s Go Red Wellness Expo

and Luncheon in May. The event provided GPC an

opportunity to visit with doctors, nurses and consumers

attending the event on the heart healthy benefits of

peanuts and peanut butter. During the event, Theresa

Reece of Atlanta, won the Georgia peanut gift basket.

Joy Crosby (right), GPC director of communications,

presented the basket to Theresa (left).


Checkoff ReportInvestments Made by Growers for the Future of the Peanut Industry.

The Miss Alabama

Autograph Press Party

was held May 31, at the

Brookwood Village in

Birmingham, Alabama.

The 50 contestants com-

peting to become Miss

Alabama 2015 arrived at

Samford University

where they kicked off

the week of events with

this opportunity to meet

the public. Pictured is

Ellen Hardy, Dothan, Alabama’s own Miss Circle

City, sharing Alabama peanuts as she signed auto-

graphs. She also shared more peanut packets with

the 50 contestants, dorm moms, dressing room

moms, and pageant volunteers as a way of sharing

greetings from her Dothan community.

Peanuts highlighted at Miss Alabama

Autograph Press Party

The Alabama Peanut Producers Association

(APPA) recently donated three large peanut gift

baskets to the 2015 Alabama Association of

County Agricultural Agents and Specialist

(AACAAS) Annual Meeting that was held.

Pictured left to right are Max Runge, extension

economist with Auburn University and past presi-

dent of the AACAAS, and Jimmy Jones, county

extension coordinator with Auburn University.

Alabama Peanut Producers Association promotes peanuts at

county agents and specialists meeting

Miss Circle City Ellen

Hardy of Dothan, Ala.,

shares Alabama peanuts

with guests during the

Miss Alabama Autograph

Press Party.

The Florida Peanut Producers attend-

ed the 15th Annual County Alliance for

Responsible Environmental Stewardship

(CARES) awards dinner recently held at

the Suwannee Valley Research and

Education Center in Live Oak, Florida.

The event is hosted by the Suwannee

River Partnership which comprised of

Florida Farm Bureau, UF/IFAS, Florida

Department of Agriculture, Suwannee

River Water Management and many

public agencies and ag organizations.

CARES Award recipients imple-

ment science-based Best Management Practices (BMPs) that conserve and pro-

tect Florida’s natural resources on their farms and properties.

Fourteen North Florida farmers and ranchers were recognized for their

exceptional natural resource stewardship with more than 500 farmers, agri-busi-

nessmen, Florida legislators, community leaders and others attending. The

event allowed everyone to sample locally grown commodities. Pork and beef

slides, grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, roasted peanuts, boiled

peanuts, watermelon, chicken wings, gator tail, sweet corn were just a few of

the items sampled by the crowd.

15th Annual CARES Awards

Ken Barton, FPPA, and William Carte,

Suwannee County farmer, grill 400

peanut butter and jelly sandwiches during

the Suwannee River Partnership CARES

celebration.

Alabama peanuts promoted at March

of Dimes walks

The Georgia Peanut Commission sponsors the all

Georgia products reception annually during the

Georgia Press Association annual

meeting in June. Joy Crosby

(right), GPC director of commu-

nications, presents Tom Overton

(left) of the Americus Times

Recorder with the winning

Georgia peanut gift basket.

Georgia Peanut Commission sponsors American Heart

Association Go Red Wellness LuncheonGPC sponsors Georgia Press Association


Reports from the:Alabama Peanut Producers AssociationFlorida Peanut Producers AssociationGeorgia Peanut CommissionMississippi Peanut Growers Association

Florida Peanut Producers Association exhibits at

Florida School Nutrition Conference

More than 700 school

food service directors, man-

agers, dieticians and lunch

room staff from school

districts around the state

attended the annual

conference held in Daytona

Beach. Florida Peanut

Producers Association

attended and exhibited and

shared health and nutritional

information about peanut

butter and peanut products.

“We have to continue to develop relationships with our

school food service so we can be an information source they can

count on when allergy questions arise,” says Ken Barton execu-

tive director of Florida Peanut Producers Association. “We find

most schools in Florida continue to serve some type of pre-made

peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which is great, but each year

we also find more schools have implemented a peanut ban.

Thanks to the National Peanut Board for providing a website to

help present facts about peanut allergy, PeanutAllergyFacts.org.”

Ken Barton, FPPA executive director,

visits with attendees during the Florida

School Nutrition Conference in Daytona

Beach, Fla.

Georgia Peanut Commission hosts Tifton area

Bike to Farm Tour in June

Eat Y’all has been active at eight locations in Mississippi

promoting peanuts and peanut butter to festival and restaurant

patrons in April and May. Malcolm Broome, executive director

for the Mississippi Peanut Growers Association, attended two

events where chefs made special dishes using peanuts or peanut

butter. The executive chef at Bravos

Restaurant in Jackson prepared a

special dish using peanut butter at the

request of the Eat Y’all owners.

“The special entree was so

popular during the noon hour that the

restaurant ended up selling out of the

ingredients to continue making the

dish,” Broome says.

Broome also attended and

sampled the Sweet & Spicy Peanuts

prepared by celebrity food broadcast-

er and author Simon Majumdar at

special invitation event in Oxford,

Mississippi, sponsored by Eat Y’all.

Broome states the dish should be a hit

for parties and tailgating, and the

spicy flavor can be tailored to suite a

person’s taste. The dish also uses raw peanuts in the preparation

and Broome met many of the attendees who seemed quite

receptive to the dish.

Mississippi Peanut Growers Association promotes

peanuts through partnership with Eat Y’all

Malcolm Broome (left),

Mississippi Peanut Growers

Association executive direc-

tor, attended an Eat Y’all

event in Oxford, Miss.,

where he met celebrity food

broadcaster Simon

Majumdar, and sampled the

Sweet & Spicy Peanuts.

The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) is continuing its

partnership with CBS46 in Atlanta with additional cooking

shows on Atlanta Plugged In. The shows continue to highlight

the versality of cooking with peanuts

and peanut butter. Joy Crosby, GPC

director of communications, and

Leslie Wagner, executive director of

Southern Peanut Growers presented

a variety of recipes on-air through

the months of May and June on

Atlanta Plugged In. The GPC will

also be promoting peanuts during

radio broadcasts of the Atlanta

Braves this summer, and Georgia

Tech and the University of Georgia

football games this fall.

Georgia Peanut Commission continues

partnership with Atlanta media markets

Annalee Penny, host of

Atlanta Plugged In on

CBS46, learns more about

cooking with peanuts from

Joy Crosby, Georgia Peanut

Commission director of

communications.

The Georgia Peanut

Commission was proud to host

the Tifton area Bike to Farm

Tour, June 27, at their office.

Cyclists had the opportunity to

learn about peanut production,

nutrition and how to power

their pedals with peanuts.

The Tiftarea Greenways

Association (TAGA) partnered

with the Wiregrass Farmers

Market and the Tift County

Recreation Department to

coordinate the third annual Wiregrass Bike to Farm Tour.

This family friendly cycling event celebrates local

agriculture and promotes cycling in the community. Participants

were able to bicycle to seven sites of agricultural interest in

Tifton and Tift County, where they were able to take tours

highlighting some aspect of food production or sustainable

agriculture.

Participants of the Tifton area Bike

to Farm Tour visited the Georgia

Peanut Commission to learn more

about peanut production and

nutrition.


Barry Tillman, University of

Florida peanut breeder says

one of the reasons that

peanut maturity is hard to

predict has to do with the biology of the

plant. The peanut has indeterminate

flowering, and this means that it continues

to flower over its entire vegetative life

cycle of more than 100 days. At any point

in time, a single plant can have mature

pods, new flowers and pegs, nuts and

pods in between.

Tillman says that weather, especially

rainfall, can affect peanut maturity. Under

irrigation, the plant can grow continuous-

ly and produce pods. Under rainfall alone,

the plant could stop producing flowers,

and then resume after rainfall comes back.

Also, keep in mind that drought-

stressed fields may take longer to reach

maturity than those that received adequate

water from rainfall or irrigation.

The hull scrape process has been

mechanized over the years with the use of

pod blasters that remove the outer layer of

the hull. By increasing the use of pod

blasting, a grower can be more likely to

be assured that each field will be at the

ideal maturity

level when

digging begins.

The hull

scrape has

brought a level of

accuracy to the

often subjective

job of determinng

when to dig. It

may be hard to

believe, but using

the hull scrape

method will often

show that late

planted peanuts

will likely

accumulate the needed growing degree

days than those planted earlier.

Just because your earlier planted

peanuts may be behind schedule, that may

not be the case for later planted peanuts.

This is another reason to make sure you

check the maturity of each field prior to

digging.

Dryland or non-irrigated peanuts are

often stressed by drought more than

irrigated peanuts, and this is another

reason why using the hull scrape system

or pod-blasting is needed to make sure

peanuts will be dug at the right time.

That’s why it is not unusual for late

planted peanuts to actually mature before

early planted peanuts. Using the hull

scrape system is the best way to make

sure that you check the maturity of each

field before digging the crop. t

Maturity hard to predictHARVEST GUIDEBOOK

The weather, especially rainfall, can affect peanut maturity.

John Beasley had some timely advice

for peanut farmers before he retired from

the University of Georgia as Extension

peanut agronomist and joined the faculty

at Auburn University as professor and

head of the Department of Crop, Soil and

Environmental Sciences. He warned them

not to dig too early.

He said the peanut plant will

essentially shut itself down when there

are three or more consecutive days of low

temperatures, in the low 40 degree F

range.

Beasley noted that if the weather

forecast for the next three to five days

called for cold temperatures (below 45°),

then growers shouldn’t expect peanut

fields to mature beyond where they were

at the beginning of the cold spell.

Beasley said, “Even if the hull scrape

maturity profile indicates a field is

seven or ten days from reaching

maturity, the maturation process will

shut down as soon as we receive cold

temperatures.” He encouraged growers

to start harvesting after the colder

mornings pass.

Even more important, according to

Beasley, is to avoid digging during the

day before a morning in which the low

temperature will be near the frost or

freezing level. With temperatures at 35 to

36 degrees F, frost can occur, especially in

low-lying areas of a field.

Beasley added that frost or freezing

temperatures on freshly dug peanuts could

cause freeze damage to the kernels. As a

result, the kernels will likely be graded as

Seg. 2 peanuts, and receive lower prices.

Overall, he warned growers not to dig

within 24 hours of the cold morning. t

Harvest time weather

BY JOHN LEIDNER

BY JOHN LEIDNER

Growers should not dig within 24 hours of a cold

morning with temperatures at 35 to 36 degrees F.

The hull scrape is hard to beat as a

method for determining peanut maturity.

This method is safe, reliable and still

accurate as a money-making way of

deciding when to dig.

The varieties you plant will also have

a big impact on digging dates. Some

varieties are simply earlier in maturity

than others. And maturity range is an

important consideration when picking

which varieties to plant.

Georgia Greener, Georgia-06G and

Tifguard are considered to be normal in

maturity range. This means these varieties

fall in the medium maturity range of

about 135 to 140 days after planting.

Later maturing varieties include

Georgia-12Y, Florida-07, TUFRunnerTM

727 and TUFRunnerTM 511 which will

mature about 7 to 14 days later than

Georgia Greener.

Georgia Extension peanut agronomist

Scott Monfort has said that knowing and

understanding maturity in 2015 will be

extremely important. That’s because

acreage will likely increase. Likewise, the

2015 planting dates will also probably be

expanded.

In essence, the hull scrape method

relies on taking a random representative

sample of peanuts from a field, then

scraping off the outer layer of the peanut

hulls. The inner hulls will show a range of

colors, from white to black. The darker

the color, the more mature the crop.

Hulls that are

white or yellow are

immature. Those

that are orange to

brown are close to

maturity. The dark

brown hulls are

mature and the

black hulls are

either mature or a

bit over-mature.

It’s never too

early to start

sampling peanuts

and using the hull

scrape to predict

maturity and

digging dates. In

fact, the wider the variation in weather,

the more likely that frequent and early use

of the hull scrape method will pay off.

Many farmers wait until about two or

three weeks before they think the crop

will mature when they start using the hull

scrape method.

The hull scrape

method was

developed by Jay

Williams and Stan

Drexler at the

Coastal Plain

Experiment Station

in Tifton, Ga.,

during the early

1980’s.

As new methods are developed such

as the adjusted growing degree-day model

at the University of Florida, the new

methods will be compared to the hull

scrape method to determine their

accuracy. t

Harvest Guidebook

Hull scrape is still great

The hull scrape method is a safe, reliable and accurate method for deter-

mining when to dig peanuts.

BY JOHN LEIDNER



Craig Kvien with the

University of Georgia at

Tifton and Corley

Holbrook, USDA-ARS

peanut breeder in Tifton, are conducting

studies to update the hull scrape method

for modern varieties. “It makes a huge

difference how far off you are in digging

from the optimum digging date,” Kvien

says.

The varieties in their tests include

Georgia-06G, Tifguard, Georgia-07W,

Georgia-09B, Georgia-12Y, Georgia

Greener, Florida-07, TUFRunners 727

and 511, along with other breeding lines

that are close to being released as official

runner varieties.

“Proper harvest scheduling can result

in yield increases of 20 percent when

compared to digging dates only 14 days

before or after the optimum,” Kvien says.

Maturity for most runner varieties

can vary from 123 to 138 days depending

on the variety, according to Kvien.

“Digging two weeks too late can hurt

your yields badly,” he says.

He says some varieties are more for-

giving than others, with Georgia-06G

being one of the most forgiving. So being

off by a week or so will not hurt yields as

much as being off a week or so in digging

the TUFrunner varieties.

In this research, Kvien, Holbrook and

colleagues are working to develop

variety-specific hull-scrape maturity

profile charts.

“We studied the flowering, pegging

and pod growth, and we sifted the soil to

determine how much yield is lost when

the optimum harvest date is missed by

one and two weeks,” Kvien says. “There

was less than a week difference in flower

initiation between all varieties in the test.

Yet the pod development period between

varieties varied by over two weeks.”

In these tests, the earliest maturing

variety was Georgia Greener. This was

followed by TUFRunner 511, Georgia-

06G, Georgia-09B and Tifguard. The late

maturing varieties were TUFRunner 727

and Florida-07.

Kvien says he has seen no

relationship in the number of days until

blooming and the ideal the digging date.

“Our goal in 2015 is to follow up

these studies with larger harvest plots and

additional digging dates,” Kvien says. t

Hull scrape and new varieties

University of Georgia researchers are conducting studies to update the hull scrape method for

modern varieties.

BY JOHN LEIDNER

Harvest Guidebook

Kelley Manufacturing Co. has recently made some improvements and updates to the

Unload-On-The-Go tank and the 2015 Digger Shaker Inverter for this harvest.

KMC Unload-On-The-Go tank, New Features:

• Tank raises hydraulically providing easy access to

threshing cylinders.

• Vertically folding conveyor arm folds compactly

against the tank for stability during transport.

• Wider conveyor belts provide fast unloading.

• More tank capacity (3 1/4 tons) for more efficient use

of Dump Carts.

• Steeper angle on tank panels for better off load in wet

conditions.

• Stronger hydraulic motors.

2015 Digger Shaker Inverter:

• Designed to allow for easier maintenance.

• Rattler sections easily detach from main frame

providing convenient maintenance.

• Easy access to inverter chain drive for inspection

and adjustment.

• Swivel style coulters require less maintenance.

• Quick conversion between chain and belt style

conveyors.

Follow these simple reminders to have a safe

harvest season.

1. Turn off power before adjusting, servicing

or unclogging power-driven machinery.

2. Make sure loads being towed are properly

hitched to the drawbar and that pins and

chains are in place.

3. Display slow-moving vehicle signs on

machinery towed or driven on the

highways.

4. Have shields and guards in place and

maintained at all times.

5. Inspect and maintain all hydraulic hoses

and couplings.

6. Make sure tires are properly inflated.

7. Inspect and maintain all machinery,

equipment and tools to keep them in

proper working condition.

8. Have first-aid kits available and develop an

emergency plan.

Stay Safe this Harvest Season

Pod maturity profile board is

used to determine if peanuts

are ready for harvest. This is

based on color changes in the

middle layer of the peanut hull

as the nut matures.

Harvest Equipment ChecklistPeanut Digger

Pre-harvest Checklistu Check the entire machine for loose or worn parts.

u Make sure the plow shanks are not bent and the digger blades run level.

u Straighten any bent rattler bars.

u Check all bearings and the gear box oil level.

u Check coulters and vine cutters for proper locationand condition.

u Align the inversion rods before digging (see operatormanual for proper spacing).

u Check for binding or unusual noises by operating themachine briefly.

u Have plenty of extra digger blades on hand.

Harvest Season Checklistu Check digger blades for proper sharpness and depth.

u Coulters should cut vines leaving no clumps.

u Check the flow of material through the digger. Makesure ground speed is synchronized to produce a smooth

flow of vines and soil into the digger.

u Make sure drive belts are tight.

u Check for proper vine inversion and inversion rodspacing.

Combine maintenance checklist

Pre-harvest Checklistu Clean inside and out, removing all dirt and residuefrom the previous crop.

u Check for loose, bent, broken, or missing parts suchas pickup springs, cylinder springs and stripper springs.

u Check air lift ducts for holes, lodged objects and dirtbuildup.

u Make sure all shields are functional and in goodshape.

u Replace the “Slow Moving Vehicle” sign if it is not ingood condition.

Harvest Season Checklistu Adjust settings according to windrow conditions.Remember, no combination of settings will remain

optimal throughout a given day.

u Check combined peanuts periodically for LSK’s andforeign material.

u Check chaff passing through the combine for exces-sive pod loss. If problems occur, adjust stripper spring

settings.

Peanut Hull Color Groups and

Distinctive Characteristics

Major

color Characteristics

Development

period (days)

White Soft, watery, poorly defined

kernel, between the size of a

match head and a full size

pod

14-16

Yellow Spongy texture, pod is full

size, kernel is somewhat

defined

10-14

Dark

Yellow

Coarser pod texture then

yellow, well-defined kernel

10-14

Orange Pink seed coat developing 12-14

Brown Rough pod texture, dark pink

seed coat

10-12

Black Completely developed kernel,

extremely rough pod texture

19-21



New law will require trailershave safety chains

Anew bill, signed by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal,

requires drivers to secure trailers to their vehicles

with safety chains. The bill, which takes effect

July 1, was prompted by the death of a young

Fayette County mother who was killed last fall when a runaway

trailer struck her vehicle.

Rep. John Yates advanced the trailer safety chain bill (HB

123) after Tiphanie Fletcher’s mother visited him at the state

Capitol. Fletcher was killed as a result of an unchained trailer

slipping loose from the truck ball. The ball was later found to be

the incorrect size for the trailer hitch.

“This law will require that all registered trailers, those with a

license plate, be adequately and safely attached to the vehicle

while being towed,” says Frank Watson, the University of

Georgia Extension coordinator in Wilkes County.

Watson said trailer owners must ensure their trailer has a

safety chain or cable as a safety backup to the primary hitch

connection. A trailer can be retrofitted with safety chains for

about $50, he says.

“Commodity trailers, like peanut wagons or cotton wagons,

are exempt,” he says. “For the most part, people will need to

retrofit older or homemade trailers with safety chains if they do

not have them.”

Watson hopes trailer owners will see the necessity of the new

regulations.

“There is certainly a safety issue with trailers that don’t have

safety chains,” he says. “I daresay that the attorney for an injured

party would show no mercy to someone whose trailer caused an

accident that could have been prevented by safety chains.”

Violating the code can result in a misdemeanor. t

BY SHARON DOWDYUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF

AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced a new

report on discoveries by USDA researchers that have led to new

patents and inventions with the potential for commercial

application and potential economic growth. USDA innovations

included in this annual report range from USDA supported

research that could offer solutions for millions who suffer

allergies from peanuts and wheat to safe mosquito control that

can help halt the transmission of diseases they spread, and others.

USDA received 83 patents in Fiscal Year 2014, up from 51

patents in 2013. USDA filed 119 patent applications and

disclosed another 117 new inventions, which may lead to future

patents.

One of the highlighted discoveries from USDA’s 2014

Technology Transfer Report include procedures to remove up to

98-percent of the allergens from peanuts without affecting the

flavor. t

Allergen-free peanuts lead USDA reporthighlighting new innovations in ag


The largest peanut producing

country in the world has its

eyes set on importing more

peanuts and that means

good news for the U.S. peanut industry.

Through the years, China has continued to

grow from a very primitive country to one

with shopping malls as large as ones in

Atlanta, Georgia. The change in economic

growth, combined with labor issues and a

lack of land for production, provides a

large export opportunity for U.S. peanuts.

The U.S. peanut industry participated

in a trade mission to China this past

spring to gain a better understanding of

the Chinese peanut market, develop

relationships and look for opportunities

for exports of USA-grown peanuts. The

mission included tours of blanching and

oil crushing facilities, roasting and

manufacturing operations, peanut planting

and more.

Those attending included: Don

Koehler, executive director of the Georgia

Peanut Commission; Bob Parker,

president and CEO of the National Peanut

Board; John Powell, executive director of

the American Peanut Shellers Association;

Jeff Johnson, president and director of

marketing with Birdsong Peanuts; Tony

Gunter, director of sales for Golden

Peanut and Tree Nuts; and Stephanie

Grunenfelder, vice president of

international marketing with the American

Peanut Council.

“Trade missions are a great way for a

cross section of the industry to learn

together about a new market. The

American Peanut Council (APC) manages

the export program funds on behalf of the

peanut industry, but we must have

involvement from people actually

working in the business to be effective.

Also, bringing an “official” group to a

market indicates seriousness by the U.S.

as a supplier,” Grunenfelder says.

The U.S. peanut export market has

continued to grow these past few years

and has the potential to keep growing

through markets in China. China, a

communist nation in East Asia, is the

world’s most populous country. Its vast

landscape encompasses grassland, desert,

mountain ranges, lakes, rivers and 14,500

km of coastline. Beijing, the ancient

capital, mixes modern architecture with

historic sites including sprawling

Tiananmen Square. Its largest city,

Shanghai, is a skyscraper-studded global

financial center. The iconic Great Wall

of China fortification runs east-west

across the country’s north region.

“I am excited about the events of the

mission and the prospect for the future. I

realize this will take effort, but the results

will be evident over the next months and

next few years,” Koehler says. “I still

believe there is a potential for a half

million tons (farmers stock basis) to be

going to China in the not-so-distant

future.”

Currently, China is estimated to

produce 16,500,000 metric tons in 2015.

However, approximately 65 percent of

Chinese peanuts are crushed for oil and

only 35 percent are for edible use.

According to Grunenfelder, peanut

oil is considered superior for cooking in

China. However, demand is gradually

outpacing supply, and land issues and

Opportunitiesinside the wall

labor costs are making expanding

production difficult. So, these factors and

more, including a growing middle class,

point to additional opportunities for U.S.

peanut farmers in China.

“The trip was very valuable and we

came at the right time, because China is

in the midst of a transition from major

peanut exporter to peanut importer,”

Johnson says. “We met with a number of

peanut exporters and manufacturers and

all of them confirmed that edible demand

is increasing in China and they’ve

reduced their exports as they use domestic

and imported peanuts to service their

domestic market.”

In 2013, exports to China were a big

news story – and when the dust settled,

85,119 metric tons of peanuts were

shipped to the markets of Vietnam,

mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Of that total, most went to the ports in

Vietnam and crossed into China. In 2014,

25,177 metric tons were shipped to the

four markets above, but the majority went

to mainland China. Of those, there were

11,286 metric tons of in-shell peanuts

shipped to mainland China. The value of

exports to China was $103,654,167 in

2013 and $29,559,254 in 2014.

According to Johnson, peanut

production in China is flat to declining

and is expected to decline further, because

young people are moving to the cities and

China is focusing on wheat, corn and rice.

“They consider U.S. peanuts high

quality and they like the flavor. They also

appreciate the fact we are reliable

shippers. They do not want Genetically

Modified peanuts (neither does Japan or

Europe).” Johnson says. “Peanut oil

consumption is also going up, but it is

strictly a price market and they can buy

from India and Africa, as well.”

Johnson traveled to China twenty

years ago and only saw one KFC

compared to today when the city of

Bejing has shopping malls and Starbucks

and much more. “The country is totally

different now,” Johnson says. “Twenty-

five years ago China was a primitive

country, but now you will see shopping

malls as nice as what you would see in

Atlanta, Georgia.”

“China has more than 1.3 billion

people,” Parker says. “Within that are

multiple tier one cities with a total

population of 100 million people. Not

only does China consume huge volumes

of peanuts as a whole, these tier one cities

have many well-paid, sophisticated

consumers who desire U.S. food products

because of their reputation as premium,

safe products.

“As desire for USA products grows

in China, there is a great potential market

for American peanuts, in the form of both

raw peanuts and branded products,”

Parker says.

According to Johnson, the groups

they met with during the trade mission are

not aware of the recent nutritional

research about the health benefits of

eating peanuts. Johnson believes the

nutritional information would have a big

impact on increasing consumption in

China.

According to Grunenfelder, the U.S.

peanut industry still has a great deal to

learn about the market opportunities

available. In China, peanuts are mostly

used for peanut oil, not eaten as snacks or

peanut butter as they are in the U.S.

However, that appears to be changing, as

fewer consumers are doing their own

cooking and more are buying

pre-packaged foods, such as snacks and

peanut butter.

“We need to stay engaged with these

key customers going forward,”

Grunenfelder says. “We also need to look

at providing finished products directly to

consumers, either through retail channels

or directly; through e-commerce sites that

are popular in China.” t

Representatives from the U.S. peanut industry visited China on a Export Trade Mission this past

spring. The team visited with potential customers and toured blanching and oil crushing facitliteis,

roasting and manufacturing operations, peanut planting and more.

BY JOY CROSBY



2015 USA Peanut Congress report

The peanut industry gathered

for information sessions

and award presentations

during the USA Peanut

Congress held in June in Asheville, North

Carolina. Members were updated through-

out the meeting on some of the important

topics in the industry today.

Sustainability was a primary topic

dicussed during the general session and

committee meetings. Additional reports

were provided covering the snack nuts

and peanut butter markets, as well a crop

status report. The Peanut Institute

provided information on nutritional

research while the National Peanut Board

updated attendees on the Perfectly

Powerful Peanut campaign.

During the meeting, the American

Peanut Council kicked off their 75th

anniversary by including a slide show of

photos from the past few decades. The

organization will have a celebration

during their December meeting in Atlanta,

Georgia.

The American Peanut Council also

inducted George Birdsong into the Peanut

Hall of Fame, presented lifetime

achievement awards to Tim Sanders and

Howard Valentine and presented the

Peanut Research and Education award to

Tom Stalker, Noelle Barkely and Emory

Murphy.

Peanut Hall of FameThe American Peanut Council Hall of

Fame award is given to those individuals

who have significant lifetime contribu-

tions to the peanut industry and to the

American Peanut Council. The 2015

inductee is George Birdsong, CEO and

general counsel of Birdsong Corporation.

Birdsong went to work for Birdsong

Peanuts, a family business, in 1965 as

Secretary-Treasurer and held various

officer positions before becoming CEO

in 1999. Birdsong Peanuts celebrated its

100th Anniversary in 2014. He has been

involved in U.S. Peanut industry

organizations and issues throughout his

career including the Virginia-Carolina

Shellers Association, American Peanut

Shellers Association, Southwest Shellers

Association, American Peanut Council,

The Peanut Foundation, The Peanut

Institute and many other peanut industry

activities.

“He has served on and often chaired

many committees and task forces, too

numerous to list, and when you really

needed to get a job accomplished

Birdsong was called upon,” Nall says.

“Not only did he selflessly give of his

time to the industry, but he has been

involved in many local civic organiza-

tions.”

He was born in Suffolk and has been

a lifetime resident and supporter of the

Suffolk and Hampton Roads communi-

ties. He has received various awards and

recognitions for his activities over the

years from the Jaycees, YMCA as well as

humanitartian, leadership, community

service and lifetime achievement awards

from organizations in Suffolk, Virginia.

Lifetime Achievement AwardThe Lifetime Achievement Awards

were presented to Tim Sanders and

Howard Valentine.

“Sanders has served the peanut

industry for nearly four decades and has

given us invaluable research,” says Hugh

Nall, chairman of the American Peanut

Council. “He literally created the science

of peanut flavor and has worked tirelessly

to improve peanut quality and by

extension, our industry.”

Tim Sanders recently retired as the

Research Leader of the USDA, ARS,

Market Quality and Handling Research

Unit, and as a Professor of Food Science

at North Carolina State University.

Sanders’ previous assignment at the

USDA, ARS, National Peanut Research

Laboratory in Dawson, Georgia, included

research in the development of preharvest

aflatoxin and food and flavor quality

effects of variety, maturity, curing, ware-

house storage, handling, production

stresses, and disease. Sanders transferred

to Raleigh, NC in 1991 where he conduct-

ed research on quality and nutritional

aspects of peanuts and peanut products.

His research encompassed flavor and fla-

vor chemistry, shelf life, the isolation and

identification of nutritional and bioactive

components, and various phases of roast

processing of peanuts.

Sanders’ most recent research

demonstrated the preventive effects of

peanut consumption on atherosclerosis in

an animal model system and identified

specific biochemical and gene activation

mechanisms responsible for those

findings. The research added significant

insight into the growing body of evidence

on the cardio-protective effects of peanut

American Peanut Council Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement (Left to right) - Tim Sanders,

lifetime achievement award recipient and retired research leader of the USDA, ARS, Market

Quality and Handling Research Unit, and as a professor of food science at North Carolina State

University, George Birdsong, CEO and general counsel of Birdsong Corporation and Hall of Fame

inductee, Howard Valentine, retired executive director of the Peanut Foundation and lifetime

achievement award recipient.

and nut consumption. Sanders retired

from USDA, ARS on January 2, 2015

after more than 38 years of service but

continues to provide advice and consulta-

tion for various peanut interests.

Sanders was the 1995 recipient of the

Council’s prestigious Peanut Research

and Education Award and was named a

Fellow of the American Peanut Research

and Education Society in 1997.

“We have another individual who has

dedicated his professional life to the U.S.

peanut industry and has served in a

variety of roles,” Nall says. “Like Tim,

Howard Valentine measures his service to

the industry in decades.”

Valentines’s father had worked in the

industry and Valentine literally grew up

around the industry so he has seen it

change dramatically through the years.

Since 1997, Valentine has served as

executive director of the Peanut

Foundation and director of technology

and research for the American Peanut

Council. Before joining APC, Valentine

was vice president for marketing at

Golden Peanut Company and vice

president for sales and procurement at

Archer Daniels Midland.

Valentine has also tirelessly led the

effort to develop a system to convert

paper quality and trading documents to an

electronic format that will facilitate both

domestic and international sales and trade.

He has worked hard to improve the tote

bags that now transport most of the U.S.

peanuts.

Valentine served on the board of the

Legume Genome Project which led to the

establishment of the Peanut Genomic

Initiative. He helped organize an interna-

tional group of over 135 peanut

researchers to sequence the peanut

genome with the goal of finding genetic

markers for resistance to the key peanut

diseases and the key quality factors.

Additionally, he served as the director of

this effort’s International Peanut Genome

Consortium.

“This research is already yielding

benefits to breeding and stands to

revolutionize our industry at the

production level,” Nall says.

Peanut Research & Education During the general session on

Tuesday, June 16, Alan Ayers with Bayer

CropScience presented the American

Peanut Council Peanut Research and

Education Award to three deserving

individuals. This award is presented to

individuals who have made significant

contributions in the fields of research or

education in the peanut industry.

Ayers presented the first two awards

to Tom Stalker and Noelle Barkley.

Stalker and Barkley were awarded

the 2015 Peanut Research & Education

Award for their work over the last five

years to re-establish the peanut

germplasm collection. They have worked

tirelessly to replace wild species and

cultivated species from collections all

over the world. This collection is the heart

of the Peanut Genomics Initiative and

without their work we would not be able

to continue to have the success we are

experiencing in developing better

varieties.

Stalker began his career at North

Carolina State University and has worked

there for 38 years. He is currently a

professor of Crop Science and

Biotechnology.

Stalker has received numerous

awards during his career including the

Coyt T. Wilson Distinguished Service

Award from APRES, DowElanco Award

for Education and Extension. He is a

Fellow in Crop Science Society of

America, American Society of Agronomy

and the American Peanut Research and

Education Society.

Noelle Barkley received her under-

graduate degrees from the University of

California-Riverside and her doctorate

from the same university in molecular

genetics. She was hired by USDA in 2003

as a molecular geneticist at their facility

in Griffin, Georgia. While in Griffin,

Barkely worked to develop molecular

markers of plant germplasm. In 2010, she

became the curator for the peanut

germplasm collection.

The next recipient is Emory Murphy.

retired assistant executive director of the

Georgia Peanut Commission. Murphy

received his undergraduate degrees from

the University of Georgia in agriculture

and plant physiology. He was recently

elected as a Fellow of the American

Peanut Research & Education Society and

received the 2014 Distinguished Service

Award and Peanut Research and

Education Award from the Georgia Peanut

Commission.

Murphy joined the Georgia Peanut

Commission in 1980. He has served in

many capacities with the commission but

his effort in selecting and funding

agricultural research over the past 35

years have been a major factor in the

success peanuts are enjoying today. He

has helped many new peanut researchers

to get their start and continued till his

retirement to promote peanuts and

essential production research.

The American Peanut Council will

hold the 2016 USA Peanut Congress in

Charleston, South Carolina. t

American Peanut Council Peanut Research and Education Award (left to right) - Hugh Nall,

American Peanut Council presidents, presents the Peanut Research and Education Award to

Emory Murphy, retired assistant executive director of the Georgia Peanut Commission, and Tom

Stalker, professor of crop science and biotechnology at North Carolina State University.

BY JOY CROSBY



Extreme weather events pose signifi-

cant risks to agriculture. Brenda Ortiz, a

corn and grain crops specialist with

Alabama Extension, said one of the most

important aspects of farming is learning

to adapt.

“Many of the farmers who are

leading the way in the use of risk resilient

practices learned about them at Southeast

Climate Extension workshops and

outreach programs,” Ortiz says.

Myron Johnson is one Alabama

producer putting these kind of resilient

practices to work on his farm. Johnson,

who raises row crops in Henry County

has attended Southeast Climate

Workshops in the past.

He said he believes the long-term

climate studies are trustworthy and worth

incorporating into crop planning.

“Local forecasts change,” Johnson

says. “Long-term forecasts are important

to my crop planning strategies. Climate

studies are another tool in the toolbox,

and it would be a shame not to take

advantage of the information available to

us.”

Producers can learn more about

climate adaptation strategies at Ag

Solutions Day on Aug. 10 in Orange

Beach, Alabam. The free event will be

held at the Orange Beach Events Center,

4671 Wharf Parkway in Orange Beach,

Alabama. The meeting will last from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Daylight Time, and

lunch will be provided.

“I would encourage all farmers to

consider attending Ag Solutions Day,”

Johnson says. “I have learned valuable

information that has proven to be an asset

to my production practices.”

The workshop will provide opportu-

nities for hands-on experience with the

AgroClimate website. AgroClimate uses

crop simulation models along with

climate data allowing producers to

compare changes in possible outcomes

under different conditions. Users can

monitor growing degree days, chill hours,

freeze risk, disease risks for selected

crops and current and projected drought

conditions. Attendees can also learn more

about how El Niño is affecting the

Southeast.

Registration for Ag Solutions Day is

available online at www.aces.edu/go/551

or call Jeana Baker at (334) 844-3922. t

Helping farmers adopt resilient practices to reduce risk

The twenty-ninth annual

Georgia Peanut Tour will be

held September 15-17,

2015, and located out of

Southwest Georgia at the Best Western

Rose City Conference Center Inn,

Thomasville, Georgia. The tour brings the

latest information on peanuts while giving

a first-hand view of industry infrastruc-

ture from production and handling to

processing and utilization. Tour stops will

be made in several peanut producing

counties including Thomas, Grady,

Decatur, Seminole and Early County.

Attendees can expect to see first-hand

nearly every aspect of peanut production

in the state. This year’s tour hosts many

exciting stops including on-farm harvest

demonstrations and clinics, peanut

processing facilities, and several special

highlights which include research at the

University of Georgia Research &

Education Center in Attapulgus, Lewis M.

Carter Manufacturing, Fudge-Birdsong

Peanuts Buying Point and Birdsong

Peanuts Shelling Plant.

The tour kicks off this year with the

Hot Topics Seminar on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m.

at the Best Western Rose City Conference

Center Inn, Thomasville, Georgia. The

seminar topics include an update on the

2015 Georgia peanut crop, a Washington

legislative update and consumer peanut

information including peanut flour and oil

as well as probiotics in peanut butter.

The Georgia Peanut Commission,

University of Georgia-Tifton Campus and

Griffin Campus, Southwest Research &

Education Center, Attapulgus Research &

Education Center, and the USDA

Agricultural Research Service National

Peanut Research Lab coordinate the tour.

Hotel accommodations can be made

at the Best Western in Thomasville,

Georgia, by calling 229-226-9998. Rooms

are available at the rate of $101 for a

single/double room and $115 for a suite.

Once the Best Western is full, additional

hotel accommodations can be made at the

Holiday Inn Express & Suites by calling

229-226-4666. Be sure to ask for the

Georgia Peanut Tour room block.

Visit georgiapeanuttour.com to

register and view tour schedule. For more

information, contact Hannah Jones at

[email protected] or call at

229-386-3470. t

2015 Georgia Peanut Tour set for September

During the 2014 Georgia Peanut Tour, attendees learn about research at the University of Georgia

Southeast Research and Education Center from Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, UGA peanut research

entomologist, and Mark Abney, UGA Extension peanut entomologist.

The Peanut Foundation has a

new leader at its helm and

one who is no stranger to

the peanut industry. Steve

Brown, former University of Georgia

Extension entomologist, spent many years

conducting research and sharing results

with peanut farmers across Georgia but

now he has the opportunity to coordinate

research funding and projects for the U.S.

peanut industry as executive director of

the Peanut Foundation.

The Peanut Foundation is a non-

profit foundation that directs and supports

peanut research, on behalf of all segments

of the peanut industry, to: reduce costs of

production and processing, create a safer

product, improve quality and educate the

industry and consumers on the benefits of

this research.

The Peanut Foundation’s research

strives to satisfy the demands of

consumers while enhancing the

commercial viability of the peanut

industry.

Brown succeeds Howard Valentine,

who has served as the executive director

of the foundation for 21 years.

Valentine had these comments

regarding the current research of the

Peanut Foundation.

“We continue to move forward with

developing genetic markers for disease

resistance and quality traits. The assembly

of the cultivated peanut genome is also

moving ahead and should be complete

over the next 6-12 months,” Valentine

says. “These two tools will allow breeders

to more easily incorporate new traits into

varieties over the next few decades. The

industry continues to support this Peanut

Genomic Initiative and the researchers are

working diligently to fulfill the complete

Strategic Plan developed three years ago.”

Brown began his role with the Peanut

Foundation in January 2015. Together,

Valentine and Brown will work through

the transition in 2015.

At UGA, Brown was the Extension

Entomologist for peanuts and stored

agricultural products (including peanuts).

He spent much of his time during the

1990s working on solutions to tomato

spotted wilt virus, which threatened the

industry at that time. He also worked

closely with the American Peanut Shellers

Association to provide training on the

management of pests of farmer’s stock

peanuts.

In addition to Brown’s former

research focus at UGA in entomology and

peanut storage, he also served in many

adminstrative roles at the university.

Brown served as the interim assistant

dean for the UGA Tifton Campus, interim

director of the Peanut and Mycotoxin

Innovation Lab at UGA, and assistant

dean for Extension where he coordinated

all agricultural and natural resources

programming in UGA Cooperative

Extension. He finished his career at the

University of Georgia as the interim

associate dean for Extension, leading all

of Cooperative Extension.

Brown says, he has been impressed

with the previous accomplishments of the

Peanut Foundation. “Throughout its

history, the foundation has funded a

variety of important research, but perhaps

it will be forever remembered for being

the primary funding vehicle for the peanut

genome project.”

“The peanut has proven to be a

genetically complex organism, but due to

the perseverance of some very talented

scientists, we are very close to having a

map of the peanut genome,” Brown adds.

“I honestly believe that anyone who may

doubt the value of that accomplishment

will soon be convinced that this milestone

will forever change the peanut industry

for the better.”

“I look forward to leading the

foundation as it shifts to funding projects

that actually use the genome to develop

peanut plants that perform at levels we

couldn’t even imagine without a genomic

map,” Brown says. “While other crops

have become reliant on GMO technology,

marker assisted breeding will allow us to

make incredible advances without having

to go down that controversial road.”

“I look forward to an amazing future

for an already amazing crop,” Brown

adds.

Brown may be reached at

[email protected] or 229-387-

1655. t

Brown to lead Peanut Foundation


Outgoing Peanut Foundation executive director Howard Valentine (left) and Steve Brown, current

Peanut Foundation executive director, discuss the progress the Peanut Foundation has made

through the years by funding the peanut genome project.

BY JOY CROSBY

Peanut Research Info Online

Peanut Foundation:

peanutfoundation.org

Peanut Genomics:

peanutbase.com

Premium Peanut, LLC is

pleased to announce Karl

Zimmer as its new President

and Chief Executive Officer.

Zimmer will assume this position in July

2015.

Zimmer previously spent nearly 14

years with General Cable, a Fortune 500

global manufacturer of copper and

aluminum wire and cable products, where

his last assignment was as Senior Vice

President Sub-Saharan Africa, Global

Supply Chain, and Europe & Africa

Product Supply. In these roles, during

which he and his wife lived in Barcelona,

Spain, he had general management

responsibility for the estimated $250

million business in sub-Saharan Africa

while also overseeing all manufacturing,

engineering and supply chain for the $2

billion Europe and Africa regions,

encompassing 12 plants and over 3,000

associates.

Zimmer began his career at General

Electric in 1999, after completing six

quarters of coop assignments with GE

Aircraft Engines, including a six-month

assignment in Munich, Germany. He then

completed GE’s Operations Management

Leadership Program (OMLP) prior to

moving into a SixSigma Black Belt role.

Zimmer received a Bachelor’s degree

in Industrial Engineering from the

University of Cincinnati and is actively

involved in a wide range of activities with

his alma mater, as well as the Boy Scouts

of America. Zimmer and his wife, Joan,

will be relocating to Douglas, Georgia, in

the summer of 2015.

Premium Peanut, LLC was formed in

the fall of 2014, in part to provide a stable

and accessible market for peanut growers

in South Georgia. A brand new, $50

million state-of-the-art shelling facility

will be located on the outskirts of

Douglas, Georgia. Shelling will start with

110,000 tons for the 2015 crop and is

expected to grow to 140,000 tons within

the first three years while capacity to shell

200,000 tons will be available.

Premium Peanut is grower-owned

and committed to delivering the very best

peanuts possible. The company has

partnered with seven buying points, all

within a 60-mile radius of the shelling

facility, to handle the farmers’ stock

purchases and storage. Premium Peanut is

looking forward to being a vital part of

the peanut industry.

To learn more about Premium Peanut,

LLC, visit premiumpeanutllc.com. t

Premium Peanut LLC hires new president and CEO

Karl ZimmerPremium Peanut

President & CEO


J. Scott Angle, who has served as

dean and director of the University of

Georgia’s College of Agricultural and

Environmental Sciences for the past

decade, has announced that he will step

down from his position to lead a global

organization that works to alleviate

hunger.

As president and CEO of the

International Fertilizer Development

Center, Angle will oversee an organiza-

tion that has been active in nearly 100

countries and is focused on increasing

food security and agricultural productivity

through the development and transfer of

effective and environmentally sound crop

nutrient technology and agribusiness

expertise.

Angle will step down from his role at

UGA on Sept. 18. UGA President Jere W.

Morehead and Provost Pamela Whitten

will announce the appointment of an

interim dean in the coming weeks as well

as a national search for the next

permanent academic leader to propel the

college to new heights.

“Over the past decade, Dean Angle

has provided outstanding leadership to the

College of Agricultural and

Environmental Sciences,” Morehead says.

“He has been one of the strongest cham-

pions of UGA’s land-grant mission, work-

ing tirelessly to connect the vast resources

of the college to the challenges and

opportunities faced by the agriculture

industry across the state. We are grateful

for his many years of dedicated service

and wish him well in this new endeavor.”

Angle oversaw a period of significant

growth in the college’s instruction,

research and outreach. The number of

students enrolled in the college grew by

nearly 30 percent over the past decade,

and 175,000 youths from across the state

are enrolled in 4-H programs. To increase

access to agricultural education in

Georgia, the college began offering

degree programs at the UGA-Griffin

campus and expanded its programs on

the Tifton campus.

Angle recruited several nationally

and internationally recognized researchers

to help broaden the scope and impact of

the college’s research. He also

strengthened the

links between the

college’s

research and

extension units

to ensure that

farmers and

other stakeholders

in each of Georgia’s 159 counties have

access to the latest, evidence-based infor-

mation.

“While I am sad to leave my friends

and colleagues at UGA during a time

when it is on such a strong trajectory, I

am called for one more grand adventure

in my life,” Angle said. “Assuming the

role of CEO and president of the

International Fertilizer Development

Center will allow me to combine my

disciplinary training in soil science with

my passion for Africa to help farmers

around the world improve soil fertility

and sustainability. I am very proud of all

that the university and college have

achieved over the past 10 years.” t

University of Georgia’s Scott Angle selected to leadinternational agricultural organization

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BY SAM FAHMYUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Scott Angle

U.S. Department of

Agriculture Secretary Tom

Vilsack and United States

Trade Representative

Michael Froman recently announced the

appointment of Brenda Morris, peanut

farmer from Ocilla, Georgia, to the

Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee

(APAC) and Don Koehler, Georgia

Peanut Commission executive director, to

the Agricultural Technical Advisory

Committee for Trade in Tobacco, Cotton

and Peanuts (ATACs).

“USDA and USTR rely on the

individuals who serve on these

committees to provide their expert advice

on U.S. trade policy and priorities,” Sec.

Vilsack says. “They are an invaluable

asset as we work to enact trade

agreements and trade policies that deliver

the greatest economic benefit for U.S.

agriculture and for our nation as a whole.”

“The last six years have been the

strongest in history for U.S. agricultural

exports, with international sales of

American farm and food exports totaling

$771.7 billion,” says Sec. Vilsack. “Those

exports now support more than a million

quality American jobs. As we negotiate

new trade agreements in Asia and Europe

we will rely on APAC and ATAC

members’ expertise and knowledge to

bring home the best possible deals.”

Morris was reappointed to serve on

the Agricultural Policy Advisory

Committee until June 15, 2019. Morris

has been farming with her husband,

Armond, in Ocilla, Georgia, for 52 years.

The farm totals 2,500 acres of peanuts,

cotton, corn and small grains.

“I feel privileged as a farmer to be

able to serve on APAC and provide advice

regarding trade policy and the impact of

trade negotiations,” Morris says. “Trade is

important to farmers as we continue to

seek additional export opportunities and

develop policy and trade negotiations that

will benefit the American farmer.”

Koehler’s reappointment to the

Agricultural Technical Advisory

Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Tobacco,

Cotton and Peanuts is effective through

June 15, 2019. The Tobacco, Cotton and

Peanuts ATAC provides technical advice

on U.S. agricultural trade issues to the

Secretary of Agriculture and the United

States Trade Representative (USTR).

“I am honored to represent the peanut

farmers of Georgia on the ATAC

Committee,” Koehler says. “We are

making great strides in the export market

for peanuts and we need to continue to

focus our efforts on increasing trade as

our productivity continues to advance.”

Congress established the advisory

committee system in 1974 to ensure a

private-sector voice in establishing U.S.

agricultural trade policy objectives to

reflect U.S. commercial and economic

interests. The U.S. Department of

Agriculture and the Office of the U.S.

Trade Representative jointly manage the

committees.

The APAC provides advice and

information to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the U.S. Trade

Representative on the administration of

trade policy; including enforcement of

existing trade agreements and negotiating

objectives for new trade agreements. The

ATACs offer technical advice and

information about specific commodities

and products. t

Members named to seven AgriculturalTrade Advisory Committees


Don Koehler, Georgia Peanut Commission executive director, and Brenda Morris, farmer from

Ocilla, Ga., were recently re-nominated to serve on the Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee.

Members of the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for

Trade in Tobacco, Cotton and PeanutsT. Patrick Archer - American Peanut Council

Michelle Huffman - National Cotton Council of America

Don Koehler - Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts

Monique Muggli - Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Richard Pasco - American Peanut Product Manufacturers, Inc.

Evans J. Plowden, Jr. - American Peanut Shellers Association

Roger F. Quarles - Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association

J. Michael Quinn - Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative, Inc.

Harvey Schroeder - Oklahoma Cotton Council

Sledge Taylor - Buckeye Farms

Randy Veach - Arkansas Farm BureauBY JOY CROSBY

USDA Secretary testifies before

House Education and

Workforce CommitteeThe House Education and the Workforce

Committee held a hearing, chaired by

Congressman John Kline, R-Minnesota,

regarding current federal child nutrition rules

and regulations. Secretary of Agriculture Tom

Vilsack was the primary witness asked to give

testimony.

The committee reported that due to the

federal regulations for the meal plans students

are to be served, the most recent nutrition

reauthorization for the program marks the

costliest in a generation and the committee

has been informed by both schools and the

USDA, that the expenses for this nutrition

plan are too much for many school districts to

manage. Estimates of about $3.2 billion in

additional compliance costs over a five-year

period will need to be absorbed by participat-

ing school districts, and the actual student

participation in the meal programs has shown

a massive decline. The child participation

decline in the program is the steepest in the

last 30 years with 1.4 million fewer children

served each day.

FDA Allergen Labeling and

Permitting Exemptions process

released The Food and Drug Administration

(FDA) has published its allergen labeling and

permit exemption guidelines for food

companies that register a petition with them.

The guidelines require companies to include

scientifically backed data proving an

ingredient in a major food allergen does not

cause a human health risking allergic

response.

The FDA marks their new attempt at

aiding the betterment of defining the term,

“major food allergen.” The guidance

continues to list milk, eggs, fish, crustacean

shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, and soy-

beans as allergens that need to be identified.

Washington Outlookby Robert L. Redding Jr.

Legislative Updates available online at www.americanpeanuts.com


Fast Track passes House and SenateThe U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Trade Promotion Authority

(TPA) or Fast Track legislation. The bill passed by a vote of 218 to 208. The U.S.

Senate also approved the legislation 60 to 38 near the end of June.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, commended

House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, on his efforts and

involvement with getting TPA passed, and commented on his support of the key

components of the bill:

“This bill includes the strongest measures to date for ensuring that the

President sticks to the negotiating objectives laid down by Congress and prevents

President Obama from acting unilaterally. Trade is incredibly important to agricul-

ture, with exports accounting for nearly one-third of total U.S. farm income. With

95 percent of the world’s population residing outside of the United States, it is

imperative that the U.S. works to expand market access while eliminating

international barriers to trade. With TPA in place, our negotiators will have the

credibility necessary to conclude the most effective trade agreements possible.”

U.S. House holds Biotech Food Labeling hearing The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health

held a hearing, chaired by U.S. Congressman Joe Pitts, R-Pennsylvania, regarding

“A National Framework for the Review and Labeling of Biotechnology in Food.”

Four witnesses were called to give testimony on the current labeling standards set

for genetically engineered food and their opinions on whether it should be up to

individual states to decide if they want genetically engineered products labeled.

Witnesses included: Rick Blasgen, president and chief executive officer of

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals; Todd W. Daloz, assistant

attorney general, Office of the Vermont Attorney General; John Reifsteck,

chairman of the Board and president GROWMARK, Inc.; Gregory Jaffe, biotech-

nology project director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest and L. Val

Giddings, senior fellow with the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation.

According to the committee, Representatives Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, and

G.K.Butterfield, D-N.C., have circulated a draft amendment in the nature of a

substitute to their bill H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. This

legislation would ensure developers of genetically engineered plants consult with

the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a safety review of all new

plant varieties before they are introduced into commerce; establish Federal

standards governing the use of labeling claims regarding either the absence or use

of genetic engineering in food; and permit those who wish to label their products as

having been produced or developed without the use of genetic engineering to do so

through a voluntary USDA-accredited certification process, consistent with

USDA’s National Organic Program.

Congressmen Pompeo and Butterfield, D-N.C., used this hearing as a means to

put concerns on the record about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food.

Congressman Pompeo took great measure to make sure everyone left the hearing

room that day with the understanding that there is no credible evidence that GMOs

have any negative effects on a persons health and the scare campaigns are just a

means to further the interests of those companies within the “natural foods”

industry.


June 10, 2015

The Honorable Tom Vilsack

Secretary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20250

Dear Secretary Vilsack:

The Georgia Peanut Commission is the largest state grower organization in the United States. Georgia produces nearly half of U.S. peanuts. With the

changes that have occurred due to the 2014 Farm Bill, Georgia growers are continuing to adjust their farm operations. Reconstitution or a combining of

farms is a common practice to enhance a farmer’s efficiency and reduce paperwork both for the farmer and FSA.

In mid-May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) informed the state FSA personnel about the Historical Irrigated

Percentage (HIP) provisions. Due to the language in the 2014 Farm Bill related to ARC-CO payments where a producer could differentiate their

payments between irrigated and non-irrigated, FSA finally incorporated that feature. FSA reviewed each producer for the crop years 2009-2012 to

determine the producer’s irrigated/non-irrigated percentages by covered commodity. If the irrigated percentage and the non-irrigated percentage met a

certain criteria, that farm was given an irrigated percentage (HIP) and would be tied to that farm for the duration of the 2014 Farm Bill. If the criteria

were not met, that farm would not have a HIP assigned to it.

Unfortunately, this new feature was not communicated to farmers before the deadline of selecting either ARC or PLC for each covered commodity by

farm. If farmers were made aware of this provision and how it was going to be implemented, many would have made a different decision in their

selection of ARC versus PLC.

Based on the HIP values for the farms, FSA designated whether a county is a HIP county for a specific covered commodity. If a county is designated a

HIP county for a covered commodity, the HIP value for each farm will be used to allocate the respective farm’s covered commodity base between

irrigated and non-irrigated base. The allocated bases are then multiplied by their respective payment factors under ARC-CO.

With regard to reconstituting farms, if a farmer wants to combine two or more farms into one farm and one of the crops on the farm is ARC-CO with

different HIP values, the farmer is not allowed to reconstitute. In fact, having two or more farms with the same HIP value for a covered commodity is

practically nil. State FSA personnel were told that the software cannot service these types of changes. If the farm(s) is totally PLC enrolled, there is no

problem.

In Georgia, we have 6,351 farms in PLC, 5,204 farms in ARC-CO and 23,220 farms in PLC/ARC-CO. It is our understanding that this feature will halt

most of the reconstitutions in Georgia. Farmers that have farms with a large percentage in generic base and want to combine farms in order to maintain

proper crop rotation and still have access to generic base will be stymied. This will lead to the demise of proper crop rotation any long term sustainability.

Another example where the HIP provision is detrimental to a farming operation is where a farm is composed of several tracts of irrigated and non-irrigat-

ed land. If the farmer wants to pull out the non-irrigated tracts and create a new farm, whatever the HIP number that was assigned to the original farm

will be carried over to the new farms even if the new farm is totally non-irrigated or irrigated.

Farmers should be able to blend the HIP factor for farms they want to reconstitute, just as USDA would blend payment yields for the same crops on

farms that are combined together. We respectfully request that FSA review this HIP policy and adjust the FSA staff instructions to allow a traditional

reconstitution of farms.

Sincerely,

Armond Morris

Chairman

Georgia Peanut Commission

The Georgia Peanut Commission

(GPC) sent a letter to Secretary of

Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding the

recent Farm Service Agency decisions

about Historical Irrigated Percentages

(HIP) and how they relate to farm recon-

stitutions or combining of farms. (see

GPC letter below) The GPC also met with

American Peanut Council (APC) repre-

sentatives to discuss APC supporting this

effort.

According to the University of

Georgia’s National Center for Peanut

Competitiveness:

If a farmer wants to combine two or

more farms into one farm and one of the

crops on the farms is ARC-CO with dif-

ferent HIP values, the farmer is not

allowed to reconstitute. State FSA repre-

sentatives were told that the software can-

not handle it. If the farm(s) are totally

PLC enrolled, there is no problem.

In Georgia, there are 6,351 farms in

PLC, 5,204 farms in ARC-CO and 23,220

farms in PLC/ARC-CO. This feature

could stop most of the reconstitutions in

Georgia. Farmers that have farms with

generic base and want to combine farms

in order to maintain proper crop rotation

and still have access to generic base will

be stymied. Another situation is where a

farm is comprised of several tracts where

some are irrigated and others are non-irri-

gated and the farmer wants to pull out the

non-irrigated tracts and make those a new

farm. Whatever the HIP number that was

assigned to the original farm will be car-

ried over to the new farms even if the

new farm is totally non-irrigated or irri-

gated.

On July 6, USDA rescinded the HIP

Reconstitution Policy.

USDA Historical Irrigated Percentage (HIP) complicates reconstitutions

Peanuts power Atlanta Food

& Wine Festival Peanuts powered up the Tasting Table

at the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival from

3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 29 and

Sunday, May 31. Peanuts are a key

ingredient of Southern agriculture—past,

present and future—and Southern Peanut

Growers and Eat Y’all made sure people

experienced that in a fun and interactive

experience with some great Southern

Chefs.

On Friday, Chef Cole Ellis, owner

and operator of the Delta Meat Market,

offered up Peanut Chocolate Crunch

Gelato with Peanut Brittle and Boiled

Peanuts with Fois Gras Cornbread and

Beef Bacon.

On Sunday, Chef Ty Thames,

executive chef at Restaurant Tyler,

amazed with Smoked Simmons Catfish Pate over a grits cake

topped with June Bugg Rub Candied Peanuts, pickled green

strawberries and cilantro salad.

The event was packed all weekend—even in the rain on

Sunday and in addition to all the food-loving consumers, included

quite a number of media visits including Southern Living’s

Jennifer Cole who left with a bag of peanuts for a snack later

after visiting with our chef for some time.

Peanut Butter Perfection: New mash-ups

and recipes your family will love From classic recipes passed down through generations to new

creations you wouldn’t expect to find on grandma’s table, there’s

no shortage of ways to pack peanut butter into deliciously diverse

dishes. Celebrate your enduring love for this sticky staple with

the winning entries from Southern Peanut Growers’ annual “PB

My Way” recipe contest showcasing PB lovers’ all-time favorite

peanut butter dishes. The overall Grand prize honors is included

on the right.

The winners for each category include:

Breakfast or Brunch - Nutty Monkey Granola

Dreamy Desserts - Orange-Kissed Peanut Butter Bundt

Festive Holidays - Peanut Butter Saltine Brittle

Family Favorite - Spicy Peanut Butter Glazed Salmon Skewers

with Warm Rice Slaw

Find more inspiration for cooking with peanut butter at

www.peanutbutterlovers.com.

Southern Peanut Growers

Marketing arm of Southern Peanut Growers1025 Sugar Pike Way · Canton, Georgia 30115

(770) 751-6615 · FAX (770) 751-6417

email: [email protected]

Visit our website at

http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com

Ingredients:1 tablespoon Sriracha

sauce

1/4 cup orange marmalade

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon rice vinegar

1 tablespoon grated ginger

8 ounces shrimp, peeled,

de-veined

2 12-ounce packages

ramen noodles, cooked according to package directions

1/4 cup onion, diced

1/4 cup red pepper, diced

2 tablespoons peanut oil

2 cloves minced garlic

1/4 cup coconut milk

1/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/4 cup island teriyaki sauce

2 teaspoons crystalized ginger

1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes (or to taste)

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 cup coleslaw mix

Scallions, for garnish

Directions:In medium bowl, combine Sriracha, marmalade, soy, vinegar

and grated ginger. Stir to combine and add shrimp. Refrigerate

20 minutes.

In large skillet over medium heat, saute onion and pepper in

peanut oil until tender. Add garlic and cook an additional

minute. Reduce heat and add coconut milk, peanut butter,

teriyaki sauce, crystalized ginger, hot pepper flakes and brown

sugar. Simmer sauce 2 to 3 minutes, adding additional coconut

milk as needed. Pour off 1/4 cup of sauce and add ramen

noodles to remaining sauce.

In large skillet over medium heat, cook shrimp 2 to 3 minutes

on each side until tender. Move shrimp to outer edge of pan

and cook coleslaw mix in center just until it starts to wilt. Add

wilted slaw mix to ramen sauce mixture.

Divide ramen among four plates and top with 4 or 5 shrimp.

Garnish with reserved sauce, peanuts and scallions, if desired.

Chef Cole Ellis, Delta

Meat Market, offered

Peanut Chocolate

Gelato with Peanut

Brittle and Boiled

Peanuts with Fois Gras

Cornbread and Beef

Bacon during the Atlanta

Food & Wine Festival.

Peanut Butter Noodle Nests withSpicy Orange Shrimp

PB My Way Grand Prize Winner

Submitted by Darlene Buerger, Peoria, Arizona


The National Peanut Board has reached an agreement with its research institu-

tion partners on language for its Research Institution Agreement (RIA).

The full board approved the following language:

3.5 (e) Cooperator will administer licensing Revenue received for Subject

Inventions in accordance with its institution’s intellectual property policy, including

a portion returned to further Cooperator’s peanut research program.

3.5 (f) Subject Inventions will be licensed (domestically and/or internationally)

in a manner designed to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. peanut producers.

When considering potential international licensing for specific peanut cultivars,

Cooperator will do so in accordance with its institution’s IP policies and in consul-

tation with its breeders, institutional varietal release committee, agricultural experi-

ment station administration, institutional Office of Technology Transfer, CPPO and

NPB.

The National Peanut Board maintains its opposition to the international licens-

ing of seed varieties developed with funds from American peanut growers.

“We appreciate our research partners agreeing to consult with us and our state

associations before entering into international licensing agreements on seed,” says

Bob White, NPB chairman and Texas grower. “I believe we all share a common

goal of doing what is in the best interests of our peanut growers.”

The new language will be incorporated into RIAs effective Jan. 1, 2016. The

National Peanut Board has funded over $20 million in production research since its

inception. t

National Peanut Board approves researchinstitution agreement language

Tour Coordinated By:

GEORGIA PEANUT COMMISSION

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA -

Tifton Campus and Griffin Campus

Southwest Research and Education Center

Attapulgus Research and Education Center

USDA/ARS, NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LAB

For more information contact: Georgia Peanut Commission

P.O. Box 967, Tifton GA 31793

Phone: 229-386-3470

Fax: 229-386-3501

Email: [email protected]

www.georgiapeanuttour.com

September 15 - 17, 2015Thomasville, Ga. & Surrounding Area

july/august 2015 - southeastern peanut farmer

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