The 23rd Annual Georgia Peanut Tour kicks off September 15-17, 2009. The Early Bird Hot Topics’ Seminar begins Tuesday, September 15, at 3:00 p.m. and will be held at the Holiday Inn Express in Douglas, Ga. The tour spotlights South Central Georgia’s peanut production area. The tour includes a cross section of field conditions in South Central Georgia, peanut harvest clinics, production research at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus, peanut handling and grading facilities as well as a focus on biofuels, equipment and implements, trailers and dryer, dome storage and handling, shelling and blanching.