FPPA NEWS
Farmer Spotlight: Lucas Killam of Jay, Florida
This week’s Farmer Spotlight is Lucas Killam from Jay, Florida! 🥜🌱 We had a blast visiting with Lucas at his barn a few weeks ago! Jay has a bountiful amount of ideal farm land for peanuts: flat, fertile and due to its proximity to the coast, fields does not require much irrigation and can easily achieve a bumper crop. Lucas has been farming peanuts his whole life, but he started … Read More
Peanut Farmer Spotlight: Mickey Diamond, Jay, Florida
Visiting our peanut farmers in their fields has became something we truly enjoy! It gives us a chance to get to know them better and provide an insight to their farming journey to the public! Today’s Peanut Farmer Spotlight is Mickey Diamond from Jay, Florida 🥜 “I put the crop in the ground and let God do the rest.” – Mickey Diamond Mickey has been farming peanuts for 35 years … Read More
Farmer Spotlight: Ryan Jenkins from Jay, Florida
Today’s peanut farmer spotlight is Ryan Jenkins from Jay, Florida 🥜 “When you love farming, it can be your worst day…everything can tear up but that night when you’re laying in bed, you absolutely cannot wait to go back the next day” – Ryan Jenkins Ryan has been farming peanuts for 23 years, and also farms cotton, soybeans, corn, wheat, and oats. When asked what his favorite part was about … Read More