April 5, 2024
Your 2023 Crop Information is Needed! There is still time to enroll in The American Peanut Council's Sustainability Initiative, but time is running out. The Oklahoma Peanut Commission is a founding sponsor of the Sustainability Initiative.
Here is my take on why you should participate. Anyone can set up a social media page. People with no agriculture knowledge or background or farming experience can go online and make up all kinds of false claims about how farming is not sustainable and causes serious environmental damage. They are not looking for facts they are after social media followers. Extreme comments can sometimes generate millions of followers which can mean lots of dollars for the writer of the social media page.
What is needed is factual data from farmers to combat the false information and peanuts have a great story to tell. Peanuts have the smallest carbon footprint of any other nut (a smaller footprint is good by the way). You can go online and complete the survey at:
APC Sustainable Initiative . Keep in mind that you are entering data from last year's crop. And for more information go to the Press Release page. PRESS RELEASES
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March 14, 2024
Well it is almost Spring close enough: peanut acres are being contracted, temperatures are getting warmer and we are getting ready for the Oklahoma Peanut EXPO on the first day of Spring. I hope you can attend. We have a few more sponsors this year and are hoping for a good crowd at our new location at the Stafford Air and Space Museum in Weatherford, OK. Let us know if you are coming at the email listed above and we will have a name tag for you. Information can be found by going to the Calendar of Events tab at the top of the page.
March 22, 2024
A big thank you for our 2024 Oklahoma Peanut EXPO Sponsors, Presenters, and Peanut Growers who participated in the Oklahoma Peanut EXPO March 21st. We had a great event and I think everyone enjoyed the new location at the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford. It is a great facility and the staff was very helpful. If you would like to see the photos go to the Photo Gallery and take a gander. It was also great to meet the new National Peanut Board Chief Marketing Officer - Dena Malsom who attended the conference. I think everyone had a good time and also hopefully had time to tour the Museum.