Southern Peanut Farmers

Once again, nearly 50 companies and organizations stepped up to make the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference possible. We are blessed to have such wonderful supporters for our peanut farmers. This blog became part of the conference in 2008 and Ag Technologies has been the sponsor since the beginning. “We’re happy to to be here and we serve the the ... Read More

Peanut growers have experienced a lot of changes in the various farm bills that have been passed over the years and farmers overall have seen support for them within the bill continue to shrink. “The commodity piece of the farm bill has been sliding for a number of years, and you can see, if you look at the 2018 bill, ... Read More

The first general session panel at the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference focused on the pesticide strategy recently finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency and the ramifications for the peanut industry. The panel featured Dr. Taylor Singleton, University of Georgia; Dr. Mark Abney, University of Georgia; and Dr. Wilson Faircloth, Syngenta. Dr. Singleton says EPA has developed a new...