american peanut council

Farm Bill Hearing For Senate Ag The Senate Agriculture Committee held its first Farm Bill hearing in the new Congress on Feb. 1, 2023, with newly sworn in USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Alexis Taylor, a...

2022 U.S. Peanut Crop  Peanut production is forecast at 5.85 million pounds or 2.9 million tons in 2022, down 6% from the previous estimate and down 8% from 2021. USDA made this prediction in September. Planted area at 1.46 million acres...

Report Acres By Mid-Month The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency policy requires that producers participating in programs submit an annual report regarding all croplands used on their farms. This includes the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage...

In Brief ⇒ Transportation leaders hear about rising peanut input costs, supply chain issues. ⇒ A surprising 300,000 tons needing re-grading by Georgia inspectors.  ⇒ Peanut Proud sends truckloads of PB to Kentucky.  ⇒ Congressman Bishop includes funding for aflatoxin research in ag budget. ⇒...

Testing A New Grading System The Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service has been working with an industry committee to modernize the peanut grading system. The peanut program requires that all peanuts be inspected by a third party to determine quality, and...

Recapping 2020 Exports: A Banner Year The American Peanut Council reported that for calendar year 2020, peanut exports totaled 910,101 farmer-stock tons valued at $759.6 million, up 20% by volume and 12% by value compared to the previous year. The APC...

Fighting For Disaster Relief U.S. Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced a supplemental disaster relief package to provide critical funding for Georgia and other states recovering from recent hurricane and wildfire damage. “Farmers in Georgia and other states...

2018 Farm Bill The 2014 Farm Bill expired on Sept. 30, 2018. Congressional leaders now face the task of finding a compromise that can be approved by both chambers in a lame-duck session after the mid-term election. President Trump must...