Don's Peanut Place: Southern Growers Conference

Monday, July 7, 2008

Southern Growers Conference

The Southern Peanut Growers Conference is just around the corner and things are shaping up for this to be another great conference. I have been very concerned about attendance with fuel prices where they are. It is off a bit but seems to have taken a bit of a surge recently to be near normal and could be a normal crowd by the time on site registrations are done.

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Peanutty Stuff

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Dr. Georgia Washington Carver developed more than 300 uses for peanuts, most of which were non-food uses. He was an orchid breeder before arriving at Tuskeegee Institute.
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