Jan. 14, 2017 – ATLANTA – The Virginia Peanut Growers Association is seeking eligible peanut producers who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board. Virginia Peanut Growers Association will hold a nominations election to select two nominees each for member and alternate to the National Peanut Board on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at the South Hampton County Fairgrounds, 25376 New Market Road, Courtland, Va., 23837.
Jan. 17, 2017 – ATLANTA – The North Carolina Peanut Growers Association is seeking eligible peanut producers who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board. North Carolina Peanut Growers Association will hold a nominations election to select two nominees each for member and alternate to the National Peanut Board on Friday, April 7, 2017, at the Roanoke Country Club, 1380 Fairway Drive, Williamston, NC, 27892.
Jan. 16, 2017 – ATLANTA – The Florida Peanut Producers Association is seeking eligible peanut producers who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board. Florida Peanut Producers Association will hold a nominations election to select two nominees each for member and alternate to the National Peanut Board on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at the Jackson County Agricultural Complex and Conference Center, 2741 Penn Avenue, Marianna, Fla., 32448
Jan. 7, 2017 – ATLANTA – The National Peanut Board will hold its quarterly Board and committee meetings in Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7, 2017. NPB’s Diversity Advisory Committee & Council will hold its yearly meeting during the board meeting. The Board’s Research Committee will consider requests for FY-17 funding for production research from state peanut producer organizations and universities. Funding production research to make America’s peanut farmers more competitive is a core part of the Board’s mission.
Jan. 9, 2017 – ATLANTA – The Alabama Peanut Producers Association is seeking eligible peanut producers who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board. Alabama Peanut Producers Association will hold a nominations election to select two nominees each for member and alternate to the National Peanut Board immediately following the Alabama – Florida Peanut Trade Show on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds, Highway 231 South, Dothan, AL.
ATLANTA (Jan. 6, 2017) – The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), issued clinical guidelines Jan. 5 to support health care providers in early introduction of peanut-products to infants to prevent the development of peanut allergy. The new Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States, supplements the 2010 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States. The impetus for the development and release of the NIAID Guidelines was the ground-breaking Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) study, published in 2015, and co-sponsored by the National Peanut Board.
Hurricane Matthew affected peanut farmers up and down the East Coast in ways that run the gamut. Some like Georgie Griffin, president of Leggett and Gurganus Peanut Company in North Carolina, paid a price.
November 8, 2016 – ATLANTA – The National Peanut Board has scheduled its quarterly Board and committee meetings for December 6-7 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Dupont Circle Hotel. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the American Peanut Council’s Winter Conference Dec. 7 and 8.
You may have heard, peanuts are healthy. You probably already knew that, but did you know the health of peanuts depends a lot on sustainable farming practices? Farmers consider themselves the original environmentalists, because their livelihoods depend on the viability of the land. Peanuts are a sustainable crop because of their nitrogen-fixing properties that benefit soil and other crops. Now researchers are recommending that farmers plant sod in rotation with peanuts to further improve the sustainability of the land, and the health of America’s favorite nut.
Hi there--I’m Lindsey, I’m 26 and live in Georgia. While my home state is the top peanut-producer in the US, I had never been to a peanut farm. You probably haven’t either, so when I was lucky enough to go on a trip to a Virginia peanut farm with the National Peanut Board, I thought you’d like to hear about the experience.