The Georgia Peanut Commission reminds growers and industry specialists that the deadline to register for this year’s Georgia Peanut Tour is Friday, July 31.
This year’s peanut tour will be held on Sept. 22-24 in Savannah, Georgia and the surrounding areas. Every year the tour focuses on the latest information pertaining to peanuts while providing tour attendees a first-hand view of industry infrastructure from production and handling to processing and utilization. It will include on-farm harvest demonstrations, a research stop at the University of Georgia Southeast Research and Education Center in Midville, Georgia, the Georgia Ports Authority and MANA Nutrition.
Tour stops will be made in multiple peanut-producing counties throughout South Georgia.
David West, GPC Project Coordinator-Research and Education, talked about this year’s tour…