After leaving McRae, Ga., the Georgia Peanut Tour headed over to Doster Warehouse, located on Georgia Highway 280, in Rochelle, Ga. Doster Warehouse owns and operates three peanut buying stations in South Georgia and also contracts with other individually owned stations to supply a farmerstock base for the shelling operation. Opened in 1945 by Norman B. [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Doster Warehouse
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Using the Peanut Profile Board at Harvest
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Attendees at the Georgia Peanut Tour were able to learn the unique way farmers determine the best time to harvest their peanuts. Farmers utilize the hull scrape method or pod blasting and the Peanut Profile Board to determine if peanuts have reached optimum maturity for harvest. Digging peanuts is one of the biggest decisions farmers make [...]
Pierce & Ware County Agriculture Update
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James Jacobs, University of Georgia Extension coordinator, provided an update on the Georgia Peanut Tour regarding peanut production in Pierce and Ware County. Both of these counties have seen a reduction in peanut acreage and a shift in acreage to soybeans. This year Pierce County farmers planted 6,000 acres and Ware County farmers planted 1,000 acres. Many acres were planted late [...]
Appling & Wayne County Agriculture Update
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Mark Frye, University of Georgia Extension county agent, provided an update on agriculture in Appling and Wayne County during the Georgia Peanut Tour. Peanut acreage decreased in these counties due to price and market situation. According to Frye, it was very dramatic decreasing from 17,000 acres in 2008 to 9,500 in 2009. The majority of acres shifted to cotton and soybeans. The [...]
Dodge County Agriculture Overview
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Furman Peebles, Dodge County Extension Coordinator, provided tour attendees with an overview of peanut production in the area. There are 3,800 acres of peanuts grown in the county with 90% strip tilled and 3,000 acres irrigated. According to Peebles, approximately 530 acres of peanuts will be sold as green peanuts for boiling by Hardy Farms. He predicts yield to [...]
Wheeler County Agriculture Overview
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Mike Hayes, Wheeler County Extension Coordinator, provided information to the Georgia Peanut Tour attendees regarding agriculture production in Wheeler County. He says, peanut acreage is about half of what it was 20 years ago. Peanut acreage for 2009 is 786 acres with 90% irrigated and 100% strip tilled. Growers have had several problems this year with weed [...]
Laurens County Agriculture Overview
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Laurens County Extension Coordinator, Raymond Joyce, says the peanut crop in Laurens County looks good this year. Peanut acreage in the county continues to decline and shifting to soybean acreage and longleaf pine. The total peanut acreage for 2008 was 3,923 acres and the 2009 acreage for the county is even less at 1,654 acres. [...]
Telfair County Agriculture Overview
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Jack Wall, Telfair County Extension Coordinator, provided info to the Georgia Peanut Tour attendees on peanut production in the area. He says the peanut crop in Telfair County looks good this year. There are 2,600 acres of peanuts planted this year which is almost half of the peanuts planted in 2008. The majority of peanuts are strip-tilled following a wheat cover [...]
Tour visits Weather Station
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The Georgia Peanut Tour stopped at the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network weather station in McRae, Ga. The AEMN was established in 1991 by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and collects detailed weather information and other environmental variables across the state of Georgia.
There are 77 automated weather stations across Georgia. [...]
From Peanuts to Peanut Butter
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Georgia Peanut Tour attendees were able to learn about an educational program in Jeff Davis County which is helping to teach youth more about peanuts and the importance of this crop to their local economy. Jeff Davis County Extension Agent Sheila Marchant decided to organize this educational program after peanut acreage in the county increased from 1,700 to [...]
