Growers are encouraged to apply for the Farm Press Peanut Efficiency Award.  Farm Press will present the Efficiency Awards to growers at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference in July 2018.  To receive an application please contact the Florida Peanut Producers Association.  850-526-2590

We are excited to announce our 1^st annual 2017 essay contest open to students all across the State of Florida. We will have two separate divisions: Junior and Senior. The junior level will be for students in grades 6^th-8^th and the senior level will be for students in grades 9^th-12^th. The topic for the both essay divisions will be: What comes to mind when you think of peanut production in the State of Florida? The winner of each division will receive a year supply of 12 jars of peanut butter and be featured in our newsletter. We hope you participate in helping us educate the state of Florida on peanut production. Best of luck to everyone!

Rules & Regulations

1. Must live in the state of Florida with a Florida home address.
2. Must be in grades 6^th-8^th or 9^th-12^th.
3. Essay format must be 500 words or more in MLA style with 12 pt. Times New Roman font and double spaced.
4. Title page should include: Name, City/State, Title of Essay (which is the topic), and date you mail it on.
5. Essays should be sent by mail to the Florida Peanut Producers Association office and postmarked by no later than Monday, October 16^th.

Address:

Florida Peanut Producers Association

2741 Penn Avenue Suite 1

Marianna, Florida 32448

6. If you have any questions, please email masonzane13@gmail.com or call (850) 526-2590.

Each year at the annual Florida FFA State Convention & Expo the Florida Peanut Producers Association sponsor the Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production proficiency award. This award is rewarded to a student that shows excellence through their Supervised Agricultural Experince (SAE) project. To qualify for this area, the student must own the enterprise, or work for a business that includes the best management practices available to efficiently produce and market crops for fiber and/or oil such as cotton, sisal, hemp, soybeans, sesame seed, flax, mustard, canola, castor beans, sunflower, peanuts, dill, spearmint and safflower. This years award winner was Tyler Voorhees of the Bronson FFA chapter.

Tyler Voorhees’ SAE project consists of working for Sandlin Farms out of Williston Florida; where he assits in the growing of 1700 acres of peanuts. Voorhees assits in all aspects of peanut production. All of the peanuts produced at Sandlin Farms are sold to Williston peanuts, where they will  be used to make peanut butter and roasted peanuts. Through his project, he has learned how to use several new pieces of farm equipment and how to properly maintain and service them. Voorhees says, “This can be beneficial later in life,  if I decide to go into the mechanical side of the industry. ” He is a member of the Bronson Senior FFA Chapter and his advisor is Marcia Smith.

Tyler also recently sent off his application to National FFA for judging and recieved a silver rank. Congratulations to Tyler, we hope you continue to rise above and exceed all expectations through your SAE project.