JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - When you think of rural Jackson County, you might picture wide open fields, hardworking families, and a crop that’s been around for decades: the peanut. At Ford ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan is known as the Peanut Capital of the World, with the area producing thousands of tons of legumes each year. We wouldn’t have that title, though, without the help of those ...
During the harvest season in October, I rode by a farm in south Georgia where the harvesting of peanuts was taking place. I pulled over and watched the peanut harvester do its thing − digging up the ...
PLAINS — Riley Davis nosed his Dodge Ram pickup truck out of a sandy field where row upon row of his hundreds of acres of peanuts grow. He wheeled onto the sleepy, two-lane state highway that wriggles ...
TIFTON — More than 1,800 attendees were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 49th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference held Jan. 15, 2026, at the ...
It is turning out to be a banner year for peanut farming in Calhoun County. At Palmetto Peanut in Cameron, the processing business is prospering. According to Manager Stacy Axson, every year has seen ...
Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday aged 100, grew up on a peanut farm in Archery, Georgia. He helped harvest and sell cotton, peanuts, sugar cane, and corn before he left for college. The Carter farm is ...