With the difficult economy and the recent salmonella crisis causing fear and confusion among consumers - and a heavy blow to peanut farmers across the country -- members of the United Peanut Alliance sent a letter to President Obama this week asking for a meeting and help in clearing up misperceptions about peanut butter on store shelves. In the letter, the growers also articulate their support for legislation designed to shore up the food safety program. ...
Peanut farmers from Texas and Oklahoma and states across the Southeast donated more than 8,000 jars of peanut butter to Martha’s Table in Washington, D.C. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Speaking to an over-flow crowd at the recent South Carolina Peanut Growers annual meeting, Marie Fenn, managing director of the National Peanut Board said, the current salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter began in Minnesota in a nursing home facility in which salmonella was found in an open container of peanut butter....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. ...
The Texas peanut industry is feeling the pinch after the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) found the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) was willfully allowing salmonella contaminated peanut butter products into the food supply. ...
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will conduct two free peanut production workshops on Feb. 24 in Levelland and on Feb. 25 in Seminole....
The Texas Peanut Producers Board (TPPB) and the National Peanut Board (NPB) are jointly accepting research proposals that address production issues important to both state and national peanut industries....
The Texas Peanut Producers Board is seeking eligible peanut producers who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board. TPPB will hold a nominations election to select a member and alternate to the National Peanut Board during a meeting on March 3 at the Embassy Suites in Lubbock....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards Program begins taking nominations for its 10th class of winners, the task of earning the prestigious honor hasn’t gotten any easier, says Marshall Lamb, research leader for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., and advisor for the program....
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
As the stock market fell so did commodity prices. ...
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