USDA Announces Voting Period For Continuance Referendum For National Peanut Research And Promotion Program
8 April 2024
by: Kaycee Rippey
In: News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a referendum among eligible producers of peanuts to determine whether they favor continuance of the Peanut Promotion, Research and Information Order (Order), which authorizes the National Peanut Board. The referendum will be conducted from April 8 through April 19, 2024. USDA will provide the option for electronic […]
Registration Open Now! 2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference
4 April 2024
by: Kaycee Rippey
In: News
The 25th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference will be held July 17-19, 2024 at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Savannah, Georgia. Click here to register. The three-day event provides farmers with information about peanut production, legislative issues, marketing and promotions. Visit the conference blog to see speaker and sponsor interviews as well as […]
Alabama Legislators, Gov. Ivey Celebrate Peanut Month
19 March 2024
by: Kaycee Rippey
In: News
Montgomery, AL, March 5, 2024 – Alabama Peanut Producers Association (APPA) celebrated National Peanut Month with a proclamation from Gov. Kay Ivey at the Alabama Capitol and a peanut day at the Alabama State House on March 5, 2024. “Peanut day at the Alabama State House helps remind our legislators that peanuts are an important crop […]
Peanut Leadership Academy – August Cassebaum
12 March 2024
by: Kaycee Rippey
In: News
The Peanut Leadership Academy (PLA) is a program that inspires young peanut producers to get involved with grower organizations and agricultural extension. The academy is sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and the American Peanut Shellers Association. Each grower participant is nominated by their county and then selected by a committee of state leaders. The 2024-2025 […]
Ashley Kelley Joins APPA Board of Directors
7 March 2024
by: Kaycee Rippey
In: News
Ashley Kelley, a third-generation farmer from Andalusia, Alabama, has a story different than most. Kelley grew up on his family’s farm but parted ways with it for a while as a young adult trying to find the right career path. Eventually, farming found its’ way back into his life. In 2009, he got back into […]
USDA Announces Voting Period for Continuance Referendum
29 February 2024
by: Kaycee Rippey
In: Legislative News News Peanuts & Political News
USDA Announces Voting Period for Continuance Referendum for National Peanut Research and Promotion Program Eligible peanut producers can opt to vote electronically or by paper ballot. FEB 28, 2024 – ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a referendum among eligible producers of peanuts […]
2024 Alabama Peanut Production Meetings Schedule Available
8 February 2024
by: Kaye Lynn Hataway
In: News
The Alabama Peanut Producers Association and the Alabama Peanut Team kick-off the 2024 Alabama Peanut Production meetings on Monday, Feb. 12 in Cullman, AL. This is the first of eight meetings that will be held across the state for peanut farmers. Peanut farmers will hear the latest research-based recommendations for managing disease, insects and […]
Alabama 4-H Peanut Essay Contest Winners Announced
by: Kaye Lynn Hataway
In: News
The Alabama Peanut Producers Association is proud to sponsor the Alabama 4-H Peanut Essay Contest. This year’s topic was “How Peanuts Have Comforted You?” Twenty-nine entries from 15 counties were received for judging in the state contest. Each 4-H’er who had an essay entered in the state contest receives a peanut t-shirt. The winners […]
Tuberville Presses Appropriators To Freeze H-2A Rates
by: Kaye Lynn Hataway
In: Legislative News News Peanuts & Political News
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) led nine Republican colleagues in sending a letter to leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees slamming the increase in Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR). Senator Tuberville and his colleagues are requesting language in an upcoming appropriations package to freeze H-2A wage rates at the January 2023 levels and reinstate the 14-day delay between the AEWR rate posting and the […]
Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show Held Feb. 1, 2024
5 February 2024
by: Kaye Lynn Hataway
In: News
DOTHAN, Ala. (Feb. 2, 2024) – Peanut growers from Alabama and Florida were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show February 1, 2024 at the National Peanut Festival fairgrounds in Dothan, Alabama. The trade show was hosted by Alabama Peanut Producers Association (APPA) and Florida Peanut Producers […]
