From Field to Table: Meet the Farmers Behind Alabama’s Peanut Crop
During National Peanut Month, the Alabama Peanut Producers Association is proud to highlight the farmers who work year-round to grow one of Alabama’s most iconic crops. For peanut farmers Joe Corcoran and Chase Wright, agriculture is more than a profession, it’s a lifelong passion built on family tradition, hard work, and a deep pride in feeding others.
Corcoran farms as part of a third-generation row crop and cattle operation that has been rooted in the Barbour County area since the mid-1950s. Over the decades, the farm has evolved and expanded, growing crops like peanuts, cotton, and other row crops while also managing cattle. Although the farm’s name has changed once over the years, Corcoran says the people and the values behind it have remained the same.…