Category Archives: Florida News

The January/February 2021 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Coastal Growers Plan $87 Million Shelling Plant 2021 Peanut Variety Guidebook Winter Nursery Breeding Peanuts Go Mobile Balancing Act – Production & … Continue reading →

The October/November 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Promoting Peanuts during a Pandemic Social Farming – Connecting consumers to the farm Virtual Field Days Offer Online Learning No Easy Fix … Continue reading →

Recent Rule on Payment Limitations and Payment Eligibility Does Not Impact 2020 or 2021 Payments WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2020 – USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farm owners of the September 30 deadline to update Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program yields … Continue reading →

Expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Begins Sept. 21 WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2020 – President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced up to an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to … Continue reading →

The July/August 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Working through a Pandemic Thrive with Peanuts Harvest Guidebook USDA NASS releases Planting Acreage Report Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day set for … Continue reading →

The April 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Seed Treatment Game Changer 2020 Disease & Insect Guidebook Georgia Peanut Commission Increases Research Funding Florida Peanut Producers Association holds 45th Annual … Continue reading →

The March 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Farm Recovery Program Block Grants Available for Georgia Farmers Spreading Good Campaign Aims to Spread Goodwill 2020 Weed Guidebook Georgia Peanut Commission … Continue reading →

The January/February 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Culinary experts attend Farm-to-Table Peanut Harvest Tour in Alabama 2020 Peanut Variety Guidebook Florunner – An industry favorite destroyed by TSWV From … Continue reading →

Agricultural producers now can enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) safety net programs – for the 2020 crop year. Meanwhile, producers who enrolled farms for the … Continue reading →

The October/November 2019 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: National Peanut Research Lab Celebrates 50 Years of Research American Peanut Growers Group Opens New Blancher Delta Peanut Breaks Ground Georgia Peanut … Continue reading →