Released: Jan. 10, 2025
TIFTON, Ga. – The Georgia Peanut Commission will be promoting peanuts as a poultry feed ingredient at the International Production and Processing Expo hosted at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 28-30, 2025.
Georgia is the No. 1 producing state for broilers and peanuts and ranks 6th in egg production. In recent years, GPC has funded research conducted by Dr. Ondulla Toomer with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service examining the use of unblanched high-oleic peanuts as a preferred alternate feed ingredient in layer and broiler diets. The feeding trials have resulted in a premium quality, nutritionally enriched end product.
IPPE is the world’s largest annual display of technology, equipment, supplies and services used in the production of processing eggs, meat and poultry and those involved in feed manufacturing.
The Georgia Peanut Commission was established in 1961 under the Commodities Promotion Act and conducts programs in the areas of promotion, research and education. Peanuts are a $2.2 billion industry in Georgia, where more than 50 percent of the nation’s peanut crop is produced annually.
Representatives from GPC, the research team and industry suppliers, will be available to answer questions and provide additional info at Booth A3042 during the IPPE event. Dr. Toomer will present a TECHTalk presentation at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30 in A Hall, Booth A244.
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