The 15th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference was held July 18-20, 2013 in Panama City Beach. The theme was Making Sustainability Work and we have links here to photos, posts and audio files from the conference, which included peanut industry representatives from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.
Southern Peanut Growers Team – Interview with Southern Peanut Grower State Execs Texas Congressman at Peanut Conference – Interview with Rep. Mike Conaway
Farmer Comedian Jerry Carroll Works for Peanuts – Interview with Jerry Carroll
Chastains Receive Valor Award –
Interview with Jack and Norma Chastain
Jack Chastain presentation
Peanut Proud chairman Gregg Grimsley of Birdsong Peanuts – Peanut Proud presentation
The Green Side of MARS – Interview with Ann Marie DeLorenzo - Mars, Inc.
Precision Adds Sustainability to Peanut Farming – Ag Leader Rep Kyle Snodgrass
Peanut Market Update – Interview with Dr. Marshall Lamb
Energy Innovations for Sustainability –
Interview with Bill Moore, Conger LP Gas
Interview with Peter Marte, Hannah Solar
Interview with Mary Gavin, USDA Rural Development
Farm Bill Insight from Informa Economics – Interview with Jim Wiesemeyer
Peanut Genomics Project Update
George Birdsong, Peanut Foundation Peanut Genomics Initiative
Scott Jackson, University of Georgia
BASF Acquisition Opens New Grower Options
Chris Maurer, BASF
Changes Coming for the UGA Peanut Team Dr. John Beasley, UGA Peanut Team
2013 Farm Press Profitability Winners
Interview with Tim McMillan of Georgia and Jart Hudson of North Carolina
Ag Resource Management Survey for Peanuts
Interview with Shiela Corley, USDA-NASS
Interview with William McBride, USDA-ERS