The National Peanut Board is a farmer-funded national research, promotion and education group in support of all things peanuts. Each of the 11 major peanut-producing American states is represented by a board member and an alternate. One at-large board member and alternate represent all minor peanut-producing states. Click on any of the faces below to meet the U.S. peanut farmers who currently volunteer to serve on the National Peanut Board.
12 profiles
ProfileCasey Cox KerrCasey Cox Kerr is the 2023 treasurer of the board, president and CEO of Longleaf Ridge Farms. She is a sixth-generation grower along her fat...
ProfileClay DeaneDeane operates Triple D Farms in partnership with his cousins. In addition to peanuts, he grows corn, soybeans and cotton.
ProfileGregory BaltzGreg Baltz is the 2023 vice chairman of the National Peanut Board and served as treasurer of the board last year.
ProfileJeff RoperJeff Roper owns and operates Jeffery Roper Farms and produces organic peanuts, cotton, organic milo and organic wheat and native grasses.
ProfileLonnie FortnerFortner has been a farmer for 24 years and is the managing partner for Bayou Pierre Farms where he grows peanuts, cotton, soybeans and corn.
ProfileLucy ShackelfordShackelford and her husband are the owners of Shackelford Farms, which produces runner peanuts, cotton, soybeans and occasionally rice.
ProfileMark DeLeonMark DeLeon has been growing peanuts since 2002. With the help of his son, he also grows cotton and runs a cow-calf operation.
ProfileNeal BaxleyNeal Baxley is the 2023 secretary of the board and is a seventh-generation farmer. He owns and operates Baxley Farms, LLC, along with his fa...
ProfilePaul RogersRogers is the 2023 chairman of the board and representative from Virginia. Rogers is a producer of cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, wheat an...
ProfileRaymond Garner Jr.Garner is a fifth-generation farmer in Halifax County and has been farming since 1992 and has experience growing peanuts, cotton, soybeans a...
ProfileTom CorcoranBefore becoming board member, Corcoran served as the alternate board member for Alabama on the National Peanut Board for six years.
ProfileWilliam CarteBefore becoming Florida's member on the National Peanut Board, Carte was alternate for two years. Today he grows peanuts and has a cattle op...