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.
Grower Hotline May
17, 2012 - Report of Peanut Planting Progress
May
16, 2012 - Georgia Crop Report
May
15, 2012 - 2012
Direct and Counter-cyclical Program and the 2012 Average Crop
Revenue Election Program Program Sign up deadline on
June 1
May
14, 2012 - Farm Bill
Update - Credit is critical for farmers Peanut farmers approve
the Georgia Peanut Commission
Georgia peanut farmers reaffirmed the Georgia Peanut
Commission (GPC) by a vote of 87.6 percent during the recent
referendum, held March 15 through April 15. Georgia Peanut Commission
awards five recipe winners at the Georgia School Nutrition Association
meeting
The
Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) awarded five Georgia School
Nutrition members for developing new peanut
and peanut butter recipes for the statewide Tasty Peanut Recipe
Contest. The awards were presented April 20, 2012, at the Georgia
School Nutrition Association Annual Meeting in Athens, Ga.
Screven County peanut grower and Georgia Peanut Commission
board member, Joe Boddiford, presented the awards. Senator Chambliss leads
effort to protect southern farmers
U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., highlighted the importance of
2012 Farm Bill legislation reflecting agricultural interests in all regions of
the U.S. Senator Chambliss, a former Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S.
Senate Agriculture Committee, worked with Senators Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and
John Boozman, R-Ark., in an effort to assure peanut, cotton and rice farmers
interests were represented in the farm bill debate.
Georgia Peanut
Commission approves $260,000 in new peanut research projects
The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) board of directors
has approved $260,000 in new research project funding for its
2012-13 research budget. This action was taken during the Commission’s
March board meeting. The research projects approved include
22 project proposals from the 27 proposals submitted by the
University of Georgia and USDA-Agricultural Research Service. 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: Kelley
Manufacturing Company donates $50,000 towards Georgia Peanut Commission new headquarters 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 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. View
Press Release from Event View
Photos from the Event View
Youtube Videos from the Event 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. Click
here for more details on the tour. Follow
the tour blog. View
photos from the tour 25th Anniversary Georgia Peanut
Tour Video
Weekly
Market Price of Peanuts May
2,
2012
*
$1,049.52
per ton for Runner peanuts
* $1,040.87 per ton for Spanish peanuts
* $1,053.26 per ton for Valencia peanuts
* $1,053.26 per ton
for Virginia peanuts These
prices become effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time (ET), on Wednesday, May 2,
2012, and
are used to determine the alternative loan repayment rates for marketing assistance
loans and to determine loan deficiency payments.
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.
