EVENT: Georgia Peanut Tour

The 22nd Annual Georgia Peanut Tour spotlights South Central Georgia's peanut production area. The tour includes
a cross section of field conditions in South Central Georgia, farm visits at Chris Martin's farm, Dawson Brothers Farm and Chase Farms, as well as peanut harvest clinics, peanut handling and grading facilities including McCleskey Mills and Tifton Quality Peanuts and research at the University of Georgia Southwest Research and Education Center in Plains, Ga., and the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga. The Early Bird "Hot Topics" Seminar will be held at the Country Inn & Suites in Cordele, Ga., on Tues., Sept. 16 beginning at 3:00 p.m.

The event will host international attendees and provide the media with an opportunity to meet U.S. peanut farmers, top researchers as well as other key agricultural industry representatives. A blog has also been developed that will follow each tour stop to provide an online experience for those unable to attend the tour.
The blog is accessible at http://gapeanuttour.wordpress.com.

WHEN: September 16, 2008 – Hot Topics Seminar, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
September 17-18, 2008 – Georgia Peanut Tour

LOCATION: Hot Topics Seminar – Country Inn & Suites in Cordele, Ga.
Georgia Peanut Tour – Cordele, Eastman, Hawkinsville, Vienna, Tifton,
Plains, Oglethorpe, Smithville & Dawson, Ga.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES: If you would like to pre-schedule an interview or cannot attend and would like to schedule a phone interview, please call Joy Carter at 229-326-0143 or e-mail your request to joycarter@gapeanuts.com.

ON-SITE CONTACT: Joy Carter with Georgia Peanut Commission
Mobile: 229-326-0143

View Hot Topics Seminar and Tour Schedule.