Spring 2026
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April 6, 2026
2026 Peanut EXPO was held on April 2nd at the Stafford Air & Space Museum in their new conference room. We had a great conference in a great facility. Lucas ‘Luke Blaustein President and CEO gave us an uplifting presentation on an aggressive plan to increase U.S. peanut exports. Dr. Marshall Lamb talked about the current peanut market situation in the U.S., and Dr. Amy Hagerman provided an update on the Farm Bill and other program opportunities that may be coming down the line to assist farmers in these stressful economic times. The Oklahoma Peanut Improvement Team gave us the results on their 2025 research trials and a survey of research needs was provided by Dr. Fairis to help determine the future projects that might be coming.
The ‘I Dig Peanuts Award’. Our first ever I Dig Peanuts Award went to Shelley Huguley, Editor of Southwest Farm Press. The award read: In recognition of your valuable contributions to promoting Oklahoma Peanuts and Oklahoma Peanut. The Oklahoma Peanut appreciates the work that Shelley in bringing agriculture and agriculture information to us all.
Also, we said goodbye our friend Anthony Reed as he resigned from serving on the Oklahoma Peanut Commission. Anthony served 21 years and traveled thousands of miles to attend peanut events and quarterly meetings. We appreciate all he has done.
Oklahoma Peanut Commission Annual Meeting: Following the EXPO the OPC elections were held for District 1 and District 2. Skipper Bates of Lookeba, OK was elected to District 1 and Mark DeLeon of Erick, OK was re-elected to serve District 2. Mark is also serving as the Oklahoma Delegate to the National Peanut Board.
March 24, 2026
Spring is Here and Contracts are Out.
With a worldwide massive peanut supply it is no surprise that peanut contract prices are down. I don't know how long contracts will be available so peanut growers should contact their buying points ASAP. Most growers have already made their cropping plans for 2026.
Oklahoma Peanut EXPO is April 2nd. AGENDA
We have had several people Google the date of the Oklahoma Peanut EXPO and get the wrong date and in some cases wrong location. If the article says 'AI Summary" at the top, don't count on the information being correct, the incorrect date and location has been coming from AI Summaries.
We will start the EXPO registration at 8:30 am and continue until 2:30 pm. We have 1 ODAFF Private Applicator CEU for the afternoon session. Also, we have 3 excellent door prizes that will be given away after the meeting (thanks to our sponsors).
We will then have an OPC election for 1 West District Commissioner and 1 East District Commissioner. Followed by a Dicamba Training at 3:00 pm, which also provides 1 ODAFF CEU. It will be a busy day.
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