…United States exported $24 million of peanuts and peanut products to Vietnam in 2015. Under the TPP agreement, Vietnam’s tariffs on peanuts and peanut products, currently as high as 30…
Agri View: Peanut Butter
…takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter. By law, any product labeled “peanut butter” in the United States must be at least 90 percent peanuts….
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…Workshop in Burke County to learn more about USDA efforts to curb damage to peanuts and other crops. (Photo courtesy of The Augusta Chronicle) “In the future, we need to…
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
…soybeans, almonds, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, lettuce, alfalfa, tomatoes, watermelon, and bell peppers, with some crops having as many as 6 applications per year. Crops that have been properly treated with…
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
…dry. After drying, machinery picks the peanuts off the vine. Types of Peanuts: Virginia Peanuts: Often called cocktail nuts, Virginia peanuts’ size make them great for processing, particularly for salting,…
Agri View: Peanut Crop
…in the European Union and others. National Peanut Board Sources: http://www.agmrc.org/commodities__products/nuts/peanut-profile/ www.soyatech.com/peanut_facts.htm http://www.peanutsusa.com/MainMenu/About-Peanuts/Peanut-History/US-Peanut-Supply.html http://www.peanutsusa.com/MainMenu/About-Peanuts/Peanut-History/Export-Peanut-Market.html http://msucares.com/news/print/agnews/an13/20130207_peanutmtg_phillips_scs.html From YouTube Murray Farms 2015 Peanut Harvest Video series by Terry Presnal This is a…
National Peanut Butter Day
…of the top 10 candy bars manufactured in the USA contain peanuts or peanut butter. Peanuts account for two-thirds of all snack nuts consumed in the USA. By law, any…
Agri View: COOL Labeling
…the law include muscle cut and ground meats: lamb, goat, and chicken; wild and farm-raised fish and shellfish; fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables; peanuts, pecans, and macadamia nuts; and…
Peanut Butter and Caffeine
…the label, STEEM is made with “natural” peanut butter (peanuts and salt), organic agave nectar, peanut oil and natural caffeine (from green coffee extract). There’s 1,200 mg. of caffeine in…
Allergens and Security Top List of Food Safety Concerns
…far greater problem—and a much big driver of recalls—are allergens. Eight foods account for 90 percent of food-allergy reactions in the U.S: eggs, shellfish, fish, milk, soy, wheat, peanuts and…
Peanut Pileup
Peanut Pileup. Cathy Isom tells us what’s behind this year’s bumper crop of peanuts, and why it could pose a challenge for farmers in the coming years. A recent USDA…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…Report include: Procedures to remove up to 98-percent of the allergens from peanuts without affecting the flavor; A portable method for identifying harmful bacteria in food that could improve the…
Agri View: Peanuts Lost
…peanuts, worth an estimated 13 million dollars and then, fire. Everett Griner tells us about this devastating event in today’s Agri View. Peanuts Lost Reporting on the video is Brennan…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…has excluded peanuts from its previous free-trade agreements. Japan’s imports of U.S. peanuts and peanut products reached $26 million in 2014. Japan maintains a 75,000-ton WTO TRQ for peanuts, with…