More than 400 peanut growers and industry partners from Alabama and Florida attended the 2025 Alabama Florida Peanut Trade Show.
DOTHAN, Ala. (Jan. 30, 2025) – Peanut growers from Alabama and Florida were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show January 30, 2025, at the National Peanut Festival fairgrounds in Dothan, Alabama. The trade show was hosted by the Alabama Peanut Producers Association (APPA) and the Florida Peanut Producers Association (FPPA), and sponsored by the National Peanut Board. The venue sponsor was the National Peanut Festival.
Over 400 peanut growers and industry partners from Alabama and Florida attended to view industry products and services offered by more than 60 exhibitors.
Researchers from Auburn University and the University of Florida were on hand to showcase the peanut research they are working on with the support of grower check-off dollars. Growers could talk to the researchers one-on-one about the research projects.
Trade show attendees enjoyed a special visit from the Planters® NUTmobile and Mr. Peanut®. The Peanutters, as the NUTmobile crew is called, visited with growers and learned more about how peanuts are grown. Mr. Peanut provided joy and entertainment to the trade show attendees.
“I thought the crowd and number of vendors were really good. Overall, it was a really great and informative meeting,” said Billy Hixon, peanut farmer and APPA Board Member from Banks, Alabama.
During the lunch program, attendees received an update from the National Peanut Board by Lindsay Dominy. Bob Redding of the Redding Firm gave a legislative update, and Dr. Marshall Lamb, from the National Peanut Research Lab, spoke to growers about the 2025 peanut market outlook .
Several door prizes were given out by vendors throughout the morning of the trade show, but the prizes everyone was most looking forward to winning were announced after lunch.
The Grand Door Prize, provided by Kelley Manufacturing Co., was a $5,000 voucher that can be used toward $5,000 off the price of any one piece of equipment or for $5,000 worth of parts for KMC equipment, was won by Gaylan Shelly of Brewton, Alabama.
Rene Jordan, of Bascom, Florida won a free trip to the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference in July. Allen Mininger, of Walnut Hill, Florida won a Benelli 12 gauge shotgun.
Gaylan Shelly, winner of $5,000 KMC voucher.
Rene Jordan, winner of a free trip to the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference.
Allen Mininger, winner of a Benelli 12 gauge shotgun.
View the full gallery of photos from the event here.