{"id":2877,"date":"2021-03-04T14:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:21:14","slug":"mr-peanut-georgias-frank-mcgill-dies-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/2021\/03\/mr-peanut-georgias-frank-mcgill-dies-at-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Peanut, Georgia&#8217;s Frank  McGill, dies at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Frank McGill, a Georgia peanut specialist who advised farmers in 21 countries in a career that spanned more than 60 years, passed away Wednesday night. He was 95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FRANK MCGILL, UGA Extension Peanut Specialist (Ret.)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FQhY_wT8d3Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Frank McGill describes how peanut became so important to U.S. farmers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>McGill, affectionately known as \u2018Mr. Peanut,\u2019 worked with the&nbsp;University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, but also traveled around the world to help expand peanut production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newswire.caes.uga.edu\/story.html?storyid=7955&amp;story=Medallion-of-Honor\">article about McGill\u2019s contributions<\/a>, published a few years ago when he was awarded a Medallion of Honor from his alma mater, the University of Georgia College of Agriculture. He&nbsp;earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in agronomy in 1951 and a master\u2019s degree in agronomy in 1962.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank McGill, a Georgia peanut specialist who advised farmers in 21 countries in a career that spanned more than 60 years, passed away Wednesday night. He was 95. McGill, affectionately known as \u2018Mr. Peanut,\u2019 worked with the&nbsp;University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, but also traveled around the world to help expand peanut production.&nbsp; Here\u2019s an&nbsp;article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2879,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/ftfpeanutlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}