<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> FPPA Growers Corner

Growers Corner

 

2008 FPPA Scholarship Application
Two $1,200 scholarships are available to children of an active peanut grower in Florida. Applications are due July 1, 2008.
Download application [MS Word].



National Peanut Market Price

Runners: $585.19 / ton

Spanish: $577.61 / ton
Valencia: $585.32 / ton
Virginia: $585.32 / ton
*Prices effective Wednesday 07/02/2008
12:01 a.m. EST


* Held FPPA Annual Membership Meeting
* Held nominating election for NPB member and alternate
* Held Syngenta Peanut Leadership Class Session/Washington, DC
* Made visits to Congressional Offices on Capitol Hill
* Promotion with Publix food check-off program/Ocala, FL
* Promotion with Farm Credit office in Milton, FL
* Promotion with Dunnellon High School Agriculture Open House
* Promotion with Walton County FSA Office
* Promotion with Florida State Fair "Tadpole the Clown"
* Promotion with National Peanut Buying Points Association
* Promotion with Gilchrist Soil & Water Conservation Land Judging
Contest
* Promotion with Leon County Farm Bureau/Springtime, Talla.
* Promotion with 4-H Golf Tournament in Cocoa, FL
* Promotion with Evergreen Baptist Church for George Washington
Carver Event
* Promotion with Marion County Farm Bureau Youth Fair
* Promotion with Marion County Farm Bureau Ag Hall of Fame
* Sent peanuts to APC Spring Conference
* Promotion with Rural Development in Ocala, Fl
* Promotion with Hamilton County Ext. Ser. Youth Ag Day
* Sent peanuts to Farm Bureau Women's Conference/Ocala, FL
* Promotion with FL. Dept. of Ag Equestrian Team for Summer
Olympics
* Promotion with University of Florida Recruiting Event in Gainesville, FL
* Participated in Health Fair at Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, FL
* Attended and gave presentations at peanut production meetings across the state