Alabama Legislators, Gov. Ivey Celebrate Peanut Month
Montgomery, AL, March 5, 2024 – Alabama Peanut Producers Association (APPA) celebrated National Peanut Month with a proclamation from Gov. Kay Ivey at the Alabama Capitol and a peanut day at the...
View ArticleRegistration Open Now! 2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference
The 25th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference will be held July 17-19, 2024 at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Savannah, Georgia. Click here to register. The three-day event...
View ArticleUSDA Announces Voting Period For Continuance Referendum For National Peanut...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a referendum among eligible producers of peanuts to determine whether they favor continuance of the...
View ArticleWIC Package Final Rule Excludes Peanut Butter for Infants
On April 9, USDA announced the Final Rule on Revisions in the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Food Packages. Despite the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published in 2020 that...
View ArticleUSDA Announces Appointments to the Peanut Standards Board
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the appointment of eighteen members to serve on the Peanut Standards Board. To maintain staggered terms of office, six appointees will serve a...
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Faith, Family, Fatherhood, and Farming
Each generation is tasked with the privilege of bringing up the next. A farmer is often responsible for the next generation of humans and crops in more ways than one. Much like raising a child, tending...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Boozman Releases Farm Bill...
Legislation addresses reference price, voluntary base update and other peanut priorities June 13, 2024 – The U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Ranking Member John Boozman...
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2024 Peanut Pod Blasting Schedules Released
Peanut harvest time is getting closer! The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) has released peanut pod blasting schedules for peanut producing counties, specifically in the Wiregrass. Producers...
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Costs, Cops, and Crops with Corte
Jay Corte IV lives a similar life to many other farmers you know. His days are filled with feeding cows, spraying peanut fields, managing cover crops, and explaining to the police that peanut dust is...
View Article2025 National Peanut Recipe Contest set for Oct. 24
Peanut harvest is upon us, and that means it is almost time for the National Peanut Festival (NPF) Recipe Contest. The 2025 contest will be held on Thursday, Oct. 24 in the NPF Volunteer Building....
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