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Director of Communications - Joy Carter Crosby
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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 967 Tifton, GA 31793
Street Address: 445 Fulwood Blvd., Tifton, GA 31794
Phone: 229.386.3470
Fax: 229.386.3501
May 23, 2013
Media Alert: Peanut Proud and the Georgia Peanut Commission providing peanut butter to Oklahoma families
TIFTON, Ga. — The Peanut Proud and Georgia Peanut Commission will be loading 22 pallets of peanut butter (31,680 jars) to send to families in Oklahoma following the tornado disaster earlier this week. The peanut butter will be loaded Friday, May 24, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at Lineage Logistics in Albany, Ga. read more . . .


April 23, 2013
Georgia peanut industry donates 10,080 jars of peanut butter to the Second Harvest of South Georgia Food Bank
TIFTON, Ga. — The Georgia Peanut Commission and Peanut Proud donated 10,080 jars of peanut butter today to the Second Harvest of South Georgia Food Bank. The peanut butter made with Georgia grown peanuts will help feed families in 30 South Georgia counties. read more . . .

March 26, 2013
Georgia Peanut Commission increases funding for research projects
TIFTON, Ga. — The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) board of directors has approved $292,500 in new research project funding for the 2013-14 research budget year. This action was taken during the commission’s March board meeting. The research projects approved include 24 project proposals submitted from the University of Georgia and USDA, Agricultural Research Service. read more . . .

Feb. 6, 2013
Georgia Peanut Commission sets Research Report Day for February 13
TIFTON, Ga. — The Georgia Peanut Commission will hold the annual Research Report Day, February 13, 2013, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in Room 14 of the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center. The event provides growers and industry representatives an opportunity to hear the latest reports on research projects funded by GPC in 2012. read more . . .

Jan. 22, 2013
Hitchcock receives Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award
TIFTON, Ga. — James Hitchcock, Jr., of Tennille, Ga., was awarded the Oustanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award during the 37th Annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show held Jan. 17, 2013, at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Ga. The award is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission and Bayer CropScience. read more . . .

Jan. 22, 2013
Georgia Peanut Farm Show provides a day of education
TIFTON, Ga. — More than 1,800 producers were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 37th Annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show on Jan. 17, 2013, at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Ga. The show is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission in cooperation with the University of Georgia. read more . . .

Dec. 10, 2012
Georgia Peanut Commission nomination meetings set for December 18 & 19
TIFTON, Ga. — Nomination meetings to fill three positions on the Georgia Peanut Commission Board of Directors will be held Dec. 18, in Tifton, Ga., and Dec. 19, in Cochran and Oglethorpe, Ga. The Georgia Farm Bureau Federation will conduct the meetings as peanut producers nominate peers to represent the commission’s Districts 2, 4 and 5 which expire May, 2012. The Georgia peanut production area is divided into five districts based on acreage distribution and geographical location with one board member representing each district. Each nominee must produce peanuts and live within the district for which he is nominated. read more . . .

Nov. 30, 2012
Nominations open for Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award
TIFTON, Ga. — Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award. The state winners will be announced at the Georgia Peanut Farm Show on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Tifton, Ga. The award is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission and Bayer CropScience.read more . . .

Oct. 5, 2012
Georgia Peanut Farm Show set for January 17, 2013
TIFTON, Ga. — Make plans now to attend the 37th Annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference scheduled for Thursday, January 17, 2013, at the University of Georgia-Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Ga. The annual show will be held in Tifton for the first time in thirty years and is free to attend for all participants. read more . . .

Oct. 1, 2012
Georgia Peanut Commission Bank Week pays homage to peanut farmers October 15-19, 2012
TIFTON, Ga. — The Georgia Peanut Commission, in cooperation with the Georgia Bankers Association, will kick off its annual Georgia Peanut Bank Week Oct. 15-19, 2012. This year marks the 36th anniversary of Georgia Peanut Bank Week, and banks and financial businesses across the state will pay homage to peanut farmers’ contributions to the state and local economies. The famous “little red bags” of peanuts, one of the world’s most nutritious foods, will be given away to help aid in telling the peanut farmers’ story. read more . . .

Sept. 12, 2012
Georgia Peanut Tour set for Sept. 19-20, 2012
TIFTON, Ga.. — The twenty-sixth annual Georgia Peanut Tour will be held September 19-20, 2012, and centrally located out of Albany, Ga., at the Merry Acres Inn. The tour brings the latest information on peanuts while providing a first-hand view of industry infrastructure from production and handling to processing and utilization. Tour stops will be made in several peanut producing counties including Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell, Terrell, and Worth.read more . . .

Plains Peanut Festival set for Sept. 14-15, 2012
TIFTON, Ga. — The The 2012 Plains Peanut Festival kicks off Sept. 14-15, with a street dance, parade and lots of peanuts. The festival is held annually in Plains, Ga., home of President Jimmy Carter and First Lady
Rosalynn Carter. read more . . .

August 24, 2012
Georgia Cotton and Peanut Field Day set for Sept. 12, 2012
TIFTON, Ga.. — The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a joint research field day on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, in Tifton, Ga. read more . . .

August 23, 2012
Farm Bill Now Coalition unites nation's farm groups in push for new farm bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.. — The Southern Peanut Farmers Federation has joined a coalition of 39 of the nation's foremost agricultural organizations in an effort to raise public awareness of the need for Congress to pass a new, comprehensive, five-year farm bill before current farm programs expire in September. read more . . .

August 6, 2012
Georgia Peanut Commission holds ribbon cuttting and open house for new headquarters
TIFTON, Ga.. — The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) board of directors concluded the commission’s 50th anniversary by holding the official ribbon cutting ceremony and open house at the new headquarters in Tifton, Ga., on July 31. The new headquarters is located off of Interstate 75 in Tifton at exit 63B. read more . . .

July 27, 2012
Georgia Peanut Commision sets ribbon cutting and open house for new headquarters on July 31, 2012
TIFTON, Ga. — The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) board of directors plan to culminate the commission’s 50th anniversary by holding the official ribbon cutting ceremony and open house at the new headquarters in Tifton, Ga., on Tuesday, July 31 at 10:00 a.m. The new headquarters is located off of Interstate 75 in Tifton at exit 63B. The physical address is 445 Fulwood Blvd., Tifton, Ga., 31793. read more...

July 13, 2012
Southern Peanut Farmers Federation pleased with House FARRM bill progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House Agriculture Committee has approved H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 (FARRM), by a vote of 35-11. The Southern Peanut Farmers Federation (SPFF) supported the bill .read more...