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Feb. 7, 2012 - December Prices Up, Peanut Research Report Day Tomorrow, and Trade Show in Dothan Thursday
Feb, 6, 2012 - GPC Annual Research Report Day Coming Up Wednesday at NESPAL
Feb. 3, 2012 - Eric Prostko On Fighting the Pigweed Battle



Georgia Peanut Commission sets Research Report Day for February 8
The Georgia Peanut Commission will hold the annual Research Report Day, February 8, 2012, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), located on the University of Georgia Tifton campus. The event provides growers and industry representatives an opportunity to hear the latest reports on research projects funded by GPC in 2011.  


Georgia Peanut Farm Show provides farmers a day of education
More than 1,600 producers were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 36th Annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show on Jan. 19, 2012, at the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Ga. The show is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission in cooperation with the University of Georgia.
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Twenty-fifth annual Georgia Peanut Tour held in Southwest Georgia

For many first time attendees on the 25th annual Georgia Peanut Tour the event provided them with an opportunity to actually walk through a peanut field and see peanuts plowed up with a digger at harvest. The tour kicked off last week and highlighted a cross section of the peanut industry. The tour was held September 27-29, 2011, in the Southwest area of Georgia with stops in some of the top ten peanut producing counties in Georgia including Decatur, Seminole, Miller and Early counties.
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View photos from the tour
25th Anniversary Georgia Peanut Tour Video


Georgia Peanut Commission breaks ground for new building in Tifton, Ga.
The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) board of directors broke ground on Aug. 1 at the site for the new headquarters of the Commission. The new headquarters will be a monument to the peanut farmers of Georgia rather than an office building. The new headquarters will be the first net-zero energy building for state government in Georgia. The cost for the new building will be covered from the sale of the existing building, energy grants, sponsorships and a commemorative brick program. Learn more at the following links:
Commemorative Brick Program Order Form
GPC holds groundbreaking for new headquarters

Photo gallery from the groundbreaking
Youtube video from the groundbreaking
Photo gallery from clearing of the land - June/July 2011


Weekly Market Price of Peanuts
Feb. 1, 2012
      * $1,249.52 per ton for Runner peanuts
      * $1,240.87 per ton for Spanish peanuts
      * $1,253.26 per ton for Valencia peanuts
      * $1,253.26 per
ton for Virginia peanuts

These prices become effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time (ET), on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012,
and are used to determine the alternative loan repayment rates for marketing assistance loans and to determine loan deficiency payments.





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