Peanuts
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The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa funds the development of competitive processed food, beverage, fiber, forestry and derivative industry that optimally utilizes and develops local and regional resources to supply domestic demand and increase participation in international trade. This will be achieved by expanding production capacity and promoting value adding expansionary agro processing…
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We visited with farmer Andy Robinson of 35 Farms, Williston, FL. County agent Andrew Drew of Levy county hosted us. We traveled to Andy’s farm where we discussed his practices and farming operations for growing peanuts – specfically for peanut seed production. Andy discussed his fertility operations and told the group he uses site specific…
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PMIL hosted tours to several research farms, an Acesso Depot and the Meds & Food for Kids factory near Cap Haitien, Haiti on June 17.
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UGA Plant Pathologist on Peanut Stand Problems Published in Growing Georgia Friday, March 13th, 2015 Author Dr. Tim Brenneman, UGA Plant Pathologist & PMIL Collaborator It seems like we are having a harder time in recent years getting a good stand of peanuts. Here’s a good research report concerning steps we can take by Dr. Tim…
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Eating Peanut Prevents Allergy: Science AAAS News By: Jennifer Couzin-Frankel Published 23 February 2015 It may sound radical, but it works: Eating peanuts slashes the chance of a peanut allergy, at least in children at high risk of developing one, a much-anticipated study finds. The results are likely to catapult a long-standing theory—that ingesting potential…
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