Today Tyron Spearman runs through more issues discussed at this week’s Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Panama City, Florida.
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The 2008 Southern Peanut Growers Conference has been underway in Panama City, Florida as Tyron Spearman has an update on some of the issues being discussed there.
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There is a fungicide that is making a difference in peanut fields across the Southeast, as Bayer Crop Science technical representative Herb Young talks about how it can help your crop this year.
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Tyron Spearman runs through the list of recent USA Peanut Congress award winners. 
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Members of the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation will be meeting in Panama City starting on Sunday, according to Randy Griggs with the Alabama Peanut producers, who says the meeting will provide producers with some interesting information and insights. The Federation includes producers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.
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For the first time in a while the posted price for peanuts fell, as Tyron Spearman looks at the numbers and why this may have happened. Report (1:10 mp3)
Advanced Direct Payments now available. This announcement made by U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Schafer. USDA’s Farm Service Agency distributes direct payments for the Commodity Credit Corporation. For more 
information on DCP, visit your local USDA Service Center or http://www.fsa.usda.gov.
Also in this report Tyron Spearman lets us know that the Southern Peanut Growers Conference award winners have been announced along with whom will be speaking at this conference.
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Peanut progress is running ahead of schedule in the state and Randy Griggs with the Alabama Peanut Producers says the crop looks pretty good.
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The annual Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day took place today at Spence Field in Moultrie, Ga. as farmers from across the region were on hand to see the progression of the crops being grown there. I had a chance to talk with both Sunbelt Executive Director Chip Blalock and Associate Farm Manager Michael Williams about the day and the crops.
Blalock Report (2:15 mp3)
Williams Report (1:50 mp3)
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Southeast AgNet’s Tyron Spearman gives us the recent update on the condition of the peanut crop as reported from NASS and also tells us what the crop in Argentina is looking like right now.
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Tyron Spearman runs through the crop loan rates as set in the new farm bill. Report (1:20 mp3)
Today Tyron Spearman says there is a pretty good list of groups in the peanut industry opposed to USDA’s loan rate proposal for peanuts. Report (1:20 mp3)
Tyron Spearman runs through the latest numbers from the Stocks and Processing report for peanuts. Report (1:10 mp3)
Tyron Spearman updates how the peanut crop looks at this time here in the Southeast and across the peanut belt. Report (1:15 mp3)
Next Tuesday June 8th the annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition Field Day will be held at Spence Field in Moultrie, Georgia. The associate farm manager for Sunbelt is Michael Williams who soon will take over for his dad Darrell who has managed the research farm there since 1980, and invites farmers across the southeast to attend next week’s event.
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Michael talks about what growers can expect to see at the field day and how the growing season has been so far.
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To learn more about the Sunbelt Ag Expo Field day, just click Here
According to the National Agriculture Statistics Service, peanut acres in the U.S. are up this year compared to last year. Tyron Spearman runs through those and other crop numbers which were released this morning. Report (1:15 mp3)
Tyron Spearman reports that some peanut fields are starting to notice some unwanted guests. Report (:30 mp3)
There is news out of China that more peanuts from other countries may be needed as Tyron Spearman has the details. Report (:35 mp3)
USDA has announced price support information for peanut growers and the fact signup is underway for direct and counter-cyclical payments, as Tyron Spearman has the details. Report (1:00 mp3)
According to the latest numbers raw peanut exports are up for the U.S. as Tyron Spearman runs through the figures. Report (1:00 mp3)
Tyron Spearman has information about a farmers strike in Argentina and how it’s affecting the peanut harvest in that country. Report (:40 mp3)
Tyron Spearman today has information about the differential price for peanuts and the fact no change is expected this year in that price. Report (1:20 mp3)
The latest crop report information from the National Agriculture Statistics Service shows most of the peanut crop is in the ground, so Tyron Spearman runs through the numbers and how the overall crop looks at this time. Report (1:10mp3)
Tyron Spearman lets us know, in the first report below, of a meeting that took place last week by the Grading Committee and tells us what was discussed. In the second report he talks of a meeting coming up this coming Friday in Washington on the proposed change in the differential pricing of peanuts.
We told you earlier that USDA had proposed changes to the peanut pricing structure, but according to Tyron Spearman that has been delayed. Report (:50 mp3)
USDA had proposed a change in the peanut price support level, but Tyron Spearman says there are various groups in the industry who oppose these changes. Report (1:00 mp3)
Tyron Spearman runs through some of the specifics when it comes to the peanut portion of the new farm bill. Report (1:00 mp3)
Tyron Spearman updates the latest numbers from the National Agriculture Statistcis Service on peanut planting progress. Report (1:00 mp3)
