Southeastern Peanut Farmer

12/12/2025

Step up and represent Alabama peanuts!

Alabama Peanut Producers Association is looking for qualified nominees to serve on the National Peanut Board. If you’re an eligible peanut producer, this could be your chance to lead and make a difference. Read more 👇

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12/09/2025

Yesterday, President Trump announced a new agricultural economic assistance package, totaling $11 billion for row crop producers, including peanuts. Specific payment rates for the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program have not yet been announced, but farmers can expect to receive payments as early as February 2026.

U.S. peanut growers have continued to struggle with high costs of production, low commodity prices, and recent natural disasters. The United States Peanut Federation (USPF) is grateful to President Trump and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins for their continued attention to the success of rural America’s producers.

For the peanut industry, this announcement strengthens the farm safety net and provides confidence for producers to continue their farming operations. USDA Secretary Rollins noted that producers will have payment rates by the end of 2025 and will be able to provide this information for lending purposes as growers enter the new crop year. As of now, USDA has shared the following details: the payment rate will apply to 2025 planted acres; a $155,000 payment limit applies; a $900,000 Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) test applies; and for growers who double crop, both crops will be eligible for payments. Additionally, in order to be eligible for this program, growers must file their acreage report and ensure farm data is up to date with their local county Farm Service Agency (FSA) office by December 19, 2025.

12/09/2025

Farmers, make plans to join us for the Alabama–Florida Peanut Trade Show on January 29! 🥜

Connect with fellow growers, visit with industry partners, and hear the latest updates to help you prepare for the 2026 season.

📍 National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds
⏰ 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
✔️ Pre-register here: https://forms.gle/pcuWWgrtCBSiHPDk6

We look forward to seeing you there!

12/04/2025

Today we’re remembering our dear friend and former colleague Joan Underwood. Joan served as the advertising manager for the Georgia Peanut Commission and Southeastern Peanut Farmer for 39 years. She gave so much to our team and to Georgia’s peanut industry.

She brought so much heart to the Georgia Peanut Commission and always found a way to brighten the day. Her smile, kindness and strength will be deeply missed. We’re grateful for every year we shared with her.

Her impact will live on in our industry and in all of us who had the privilege of working beside her.

https://www.albrittonfuneral.com/obituaries/joan-underwood

12/01/2025

The Georgia Peanut Commission is pleased to announce the hiring of Taylor Arnold as its new executive director, succeeding longtime director Don Koehler, who is retiring after more than four decades of dedicated service to Georgia’s peanut industry. Arnold joins the commission with an extensive background in agricultural leadership, farm program administration and on-the-ground experience in production agriculture. Arnold will begin as executive director at the commission on Jan. 1, 2026. Koehler will serve as senior executive director until his retirement on July 31, 2026.

Read the official press release at https://ow.ly/qrtx50XA6P0.

11/21/2025

Save the date! 🌱

The 13th Alabama Row Crops Short Course is coming up January 20–21, 2026 in Prattville, AL.

Join us for hands-on learning, expert presentations, earn CEUs, and plenty of networking with others in the ag community. Admission is free, so make plans to be there.

👉 Register here: https://www.aces.edu/.../alabama-row-crops-short-course/

11/19/2025

Attention farmers! Join Linda Grabbe, Ph.D. and John McElveen Ed.D. for this free online stress management training this Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:00pm. Learn easy tools to better your mental health and how you can help others.

Join Linda Grabbe, Ph.D. and John McElveen Ed.D. for this free online stress management training this Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:00pm. Learn easy tools to better your mental health and how you can help others.

11/18/2025

📢 The Trump Administration recently announced Stage Two of disaster assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) for producers with non-indemnified (shallow loss), uncovered, and quality losses due to 2023 & 2024 natural disasters.

Details ➡️ https://sepfonline.com/2025/11/111725_secondstagecropdisasterassistance/

Enrollment period opens Nov. 24, 2025 and closes April 30, 2026.

11/15/2025

Ole time peanut picking happening at the Ga National Antique Ag Show! 🥜
Don’t miss your chance to see a variety of antique tractors, plowing and tractor pulling this weekend in Perry, Georgia, at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter.

11/11/2025

Join us tomorrow, November 11, for our monthly Georgia Healthy Farmer Mindset virtual meeting at noon to hear about the amazing work being done by the Georgia AgrAbility Project in their 20th year at the following link: garuralhealth.link/FarmerMindset
It's also Veteran's Day and a number of military veterans who farm are among those whose life has been changed by AgrAbility!

National AgrAbility Project Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center Mercer University School of Medicine UGA Extension Georgia Department of Agriculture Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Georgia Foundation for Agriculture Georgia Farm Bureau

10/31/2025

📣Stay in the loop with this month's edition! ✨

The Oct./Nov. 2025 edition features:
• Prayer Over Pivots: Billy Senkbeil's Faith-Fueled Farm Life
• H.R. 1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Peanut Provisions Explained
• Georgia Peanut Farm Show set for Jan. 15, 2026
• Georgia Peanut Achievement Club
• 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Review
• Peanut Leadership Academy Class XIII Graduates
• Check off reports from the state grower organizations
• Legislative Update
• Southern Peanut Growers Update
. . . and more! 🥜🌱
Don't miss out-click here to explore the online version of the Oct./Nov. 2025 edition of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer:
https://issuu.com/sepfonline/docs/oct._nov._2025_-_southeastern_peanu_c3dc702e964926?fr=sNjRhMTg0MjUyODU

10/16/2025

For farmers attending the Sunbelt Ag Expo be sure to stop by the AMADAS Industries booth to check out the new Bulldog Digger. This 6-row digger is manufactured in Albany, Georgia.