TIFTON, Ga. – Sam Crenshaw, Cordele, Georgia, received the Outstanding Georgia Peanut Farmer of the Year Award for District 4 at the 47th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference, Jan. 18, 2024, at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center, Tifton, Georgia. The award is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission and Agri Supply.
The Georgia Peanut Commission presents the Outstanding Georgia Peanut Farmer of the Year awards to one farmer in each of the commission’s five districts. This award is designed to honor farmers who have given life-long devotion to peanut farming and who have the passion, diligence, leadership and desire to see that the peanut industry in the state of Georgia continues to represent the highest quality possible.
Crenshaw grew up helping his dad farm until he eventually began working for Owen Bagwell of Owen Bagwell Farms. He began farming for $80 per week and saved up his money to buy a grain combine. Then Crenshaw began custom harvesting for farmers. Eventually, he began purchasing farmland and farming on his own. Today, he farms 12,800 acres of own and rented land in Crisp, Wilcox and Dooly counties with both of his sons, Jeremy and Clint, a nephew, Clay, and 14 full-time employees. He grows peanuts, cotton and watermelons.