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Welcome
to the Georgia Peanut Commission's Web site. The Georgia Agricultural
Commodity Commission for Peanuts
was established in 1961 under the Commodities Promotion Act.
The Commission conducts programs in the areas of promotion, research
and education. Thank you for visiting our Web site. We hope you
enjoy your visit.
Cotton
and Peanut Field Day set for September 8 in Tifton
The
Georgia Peanut Commission, with
the Georgia Cotton Commission and the University of Georgia Extension
Peanut and Cotton Teams, will co-sponsor a joint Research Field
Day on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, in Tifton, from 9:00 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. The event will showcase current research supported
by the commissions at the University of Georgia. For more information
and to view a complete schedule, click
here.
Weekly
Market Price of Peanuts
August
25,
2010
* $449.54 per ton for Runner peanuts
* $441.68 per ton for Spanish peanuts
* $453.06 per ton for Valencia peanuts
* $453.06 per ton for Virginia peanuts
These
prices become effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time (ET), on Wednesday, August
25,
2010, and are used to determine the alternative loan repayment rates for
marketing
assistance loans and to determine
loan deficiency
payments.
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The Georgia Peanut
Tour Committee has set September 14-16, 2010, as the dates for
the annual tour in the Americus, Ga. area. The tour spotlights
the northwest part of Georgia's peanut production area. The
tour includes a cross section of field conditions, peanut harvest
clinics, production research at the University of Georgia Southwest
Research and Education Center in Plains and the National Peanut
Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., peanut handling and grading
facilities and on-farm demonstrations. The
tour also includes a visit to Lance Snacks in Columbus and McCleskey
Mills in Smithville, Ga.
