Editor’s note

Some unique job opportunities are currently available in the peanut industry. In case you are contemplating a change in employment, I will offer information on two possibilities. First, the top position of the National Peanut Board, that of president and...

A theme running through this issue of The Peanut Grower is the history of peanuts. Part of that history goes back to the 1900 Paris Exposition and the introduction of the diesel engine. Although Rudolf Diesel had used everything from crude...

We might be on familiar ground with another peanut butter recall, but this time is different. Thankfully, the biggest change is that people have only been ill. Thus far, 16 people from 12 states have been affected, with two...

It’s the May issue of Peanut Grower, and it has just dawned on me that 2022 marks 30 years that I have been in the peanut industry.  On one hand, looking back to my beginning at the Florida Peanut Producers...

It seems like forever ago when I attended a National Peanut Board event in New York City. The two-day exhibition was at New York’s iconic Grand Central Station, followed by a chef demonstration and tasting event at the stylish...

Some of my favorite memes are those that fit “You had one job.” It’s often a picture – school spelled incorrectly, a sign posted upside down or something like hamburger buns in the hotdog bun bag.  Let’s face it, everyone...

Believe me when I say that vaccines are not a subject I expected to cover this month or anytime in the future. But what if it were a vaccine for peanuts against one of our most dreaded diseases —...

I was one of those kids who had to be called in to supper. I roamed these sand hills with my two dogs making up imaginary adventures with every step. A stand of sand pines adjacent to the farm...

If there is anyone who doesn’t understand me these days, it is Siri. Most times, she doesn’t understand a word I say. Occasionally I can get her to perform a command to find a location or call my daughter,...