2025 Georgia Peanut
Farm Show
January 16, 2025
University of Georgia Tifton Campus
Tifton, Georgia
Attendees were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 48th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference Jan. 16, 2025, at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Georgia. The show is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission.
The one-day show offered farmers a chance to view the products and services of 100 exhibitors and education opportunities. The University of Georgia Peanut Team presented an educational peanut production seminar focusing on the impacts of multiple weather events in 2024 and what to expect in 2025, management of foliage feeders and soil borne insects, history of tropical spiderwort in Georgia and how to manage it, and effects of the expanded season and weather on leafspot management. An industry seed seminar was held, which highlighted peanut varieties available for 2025.
University of Georgia Peanut Seminar
Presented by
Dr. Scott Monfort
University of Georgia
Dr. Mark Abney
University of Georgia
Dr. Eric Prostko
University of Georgia
Dr. Albert Culbreath
University of Georgia
Peanut Seed Seminar
Presented by
Billy Skaggs
Georgia Crop Improvement Association
Dr. Bill Branch
University of Georgia
Dr. Barry Tillman
University of Florida
Dr. Corley Holbrook
USDA ARS
Dr. Scott Monfort
University of Georgia
Farm Show Award Winners
Outstanding Georgia Peanut Farmer of the Year
Sponsored by Georgia Peanut Commission & AgriSupply
District 1
Martine Phillips
Colquitt, Georgia
District 2
Billy Senkbeil
Sylvester, Georgia
District 3
Daniel L. Johnson
Alma, Georgia
District 4
Wayne Peavy
Vienna, Georgia
District 5
Sauls Partnership
Shellman, Georgia
Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer of the Year
Sponsored by Georgia Peanut Commission & BASF
Ryan Ireland
Ashburn, Georgia
Distinguished Service Award
Mr. T.E. Moye Jr.
President
Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service
Research and Education Award
Dr. Tim Brenneman
Peanut Disease Management
University of Georgia
Media Award
Mr. Jim Wallace
Retired Anchor
WALB-TV in Albany
(Accepting the award on Jim’s behalf is Karla Heath-Sands with WALB.)
Awards Ceremony Video
Grand Door Prize
Roy Moore (left) and Bennie Branch (right) of Kelley Manufacturing Co. present the Grand Door Prize to Robb Lane, Omaha, Ga., during the Georgia Peanut Farm Show. Lane received one season’s use of a new KMC peanut combine and the option of purchasing the combine from a KMC dealer with a $15,000 off the list price at the end of the 2025 season, as well as a cash prize.
Grower Door Prize
Keith Weeks (left) and Chris Beaty (right) of Amadas Industries present the Grower Door Prize to Joey and Melissa Williams, Lenox, Ga., during the Georgia Peanut Farm Show. Williams received a customized Grizzly cooler and a certificate towards the purchase of a new Amadas self-propelled peanut combine, pull-type peanut combine, peanut digger or peanut dump cart or parts.
2025 Exhibitors
Able Ag Solutions, LLC
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC)
Adkinson Motorsports
AgAmerica Lending
AgGeorgia Farm Credit
AgLogic Chemical, LLC
Ag Nutrients LLC
Ag Technologies LLC
AgroLiquid
Alliance/Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
Amadas Industries
American National Insurance Co.
AMVAC
Atlantic & Southern Equipment
BASF Corporation
Bayer CropScience
Brown Irrigation and Electrical
Carden & Associates, Inc.
Colombo NA Inc.
D&D Irrigation Services LLC
DeltAg Formulations
Elite Ag
Farmers Harvest Inc.
Farmwave, Inc.
Flint Ag & Turf
Flint River Soil & Water Conservation District
FMC Corporation
Georgia Association of Conservation Districts
Georgia Crop Improvement Association
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Georgia Development Authority
Georgia Farm Bureau
Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service
Georgia’s Integrated Cultivar Release System
Georgia Peanut Commission
Growers Mineral, Corp.
Hayes Insurance LLC
HudsonAlpha Wiregrass
ICL Growing Solutions
InformedAg
Jager Pro Inc.
JLA International
Kannar Earth Science, Ltd.
Kelley Manufacturing Co.
Lasseter Tractor Company
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
Lindsay Corp.
LMC Ag LLC
Magno Jet USA
Meherrin Ag & Chemical
MericaAgro
National Peanut Board
National Peanut Buying Points Assn.
Newton Crouch Company, LLC
Nichino America Inc.
Nolin Steel
Nutrien Ag Solutions
Peerless Mfg. Co. & Harrell Ag Products
Pierce Corporation
Pope, The Real Estate Company
ProGro Bio
Quail Forever
Rainbow Mfg. Co.
Reinke Manufacturing
R.W. Griffin Industries LLC
Seametrics
SePRO Ag
Simplot Grower Solutions
Solar Energy Partners
South Georgia Banking Company
Southeastern Peanut Farmer
Southern AGCOM, Inc.
Southern Peanut Farmers Federation
Southwest Georgia Farm Credit
Specialty Sales Co.
Staplcotn
Sumner Ag Services, Inc.
Sunbelt Ag Expo
Syngenta
The Peanut Institute
Tidewater Equipment Co.
TL Irrigation
Triangle Chemical Company
University of Georgia Peanut Team
University of Georgia Tifton Campus
UPL
USDA-ARS National Peanut Research Lab
USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA National Research Conservation Service
USDA Rural Development
U.S. Peanut PAC
Valent USA LLC
Valley Irrigation
WECO The Science of Optical Sorting