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Once again, nearly 50 companies and organizations stepped up to make the 2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference possible. We are blessed to have such wonderful supporters for our peanut farmers.
This blog became part of the conference in 2008 and Ag Technologies has been the sponsor since the beginning. “We’re happy to to be here and we serve the the whole Southeast area and we’re growing and we’ve got a lot of new products and we’re just really just trying to be here for any growers to help them,” said Kelly.
He says artificial intelligence (AI) is definitely making an impact with new products. “So our sprayer technology is equipped with the ability to add cameras and the cameras are doing weed identification. They’re doing weed pressure identification. They can change the rate on the go. They can spot spray,” Kelly said. “Getting the weeds identified with artificial intelligence has been big.
Listen to an interview with Travis here:
Travis Kelly, Ag Technologies (4:26)
Here is a list of all the conference sponsors – please let them know you appreciate them.
- Syngenta
- National Peanut Board
- Farm Press/Farm Progress
- FMC Corporation
- Ag Technologies LLC
- BASF
- Bayer Crop Science
- Birdsong Peanuts
- Colombo NA
- Kelley Manufacturing Co.
- LMC Ag
- Nolin Steel
- ProFarm
- Solusil
- SunSouth
- UPL
- Valent U.S.A. Corporation
- Vantage South
- Vive Crop Protection
- WECO The Science of Optical Sorting
- Zimmatic Irrigation
- Agrauxine Corp.
- Amadas Industries
- Gowan USA
- Olam Peanut Shelling Company
- Premium Peanut LLC
- Southeast Ag Net
- Southeastern Peanut Farmer
- Verdesian Life Sciences
- Ag Logic Chemical LLC
- Alabama Ag Credit
- Alabama Farmers Federation
- Early Trucking Company
- Florida Farm Bureau
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service
- Golden Peanut Company
- Harrell Ag Products
- Mississippi Farm Bureau
- National Peanut Buying Points Assn.
- Nichino America, Inc.
- Synovus Ag and Timber Group
- United Bank
- Visjon Biologics
- Corteva Agriscience
- Georgia Agribusiness Council
- HudsonAlpha Wiregrass
2025 Southern Peanut Growers Conference photo album
Nearly 50 companies and organizations were responsible for making the 2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference possible. If it were not for their support, the cost of this great event would be more than many growers would be able to afford. That’s what we appreciate their help so much.
FMC Corporation once again stepped up at the Platinum level to sponsor the luncheon on Thursday. FMC Southeast Technical Service Manager Blaire Colvin said they really just enjoy being part of the peanut growing family. “Every year we come every year and we like to be able to talk with growers,” said Colvin. “We feel it’s really important to have that opportunity and meet their families and just demonstrate our support for what they do.”
SPGC24 Blaire Colvin, FMC 2:43
Here is a list of all the conference sponsors – please let them know you appreciate them.
- Syngenta
- National Peanut Board
- Farm Press/Farm Progress
- FMC Corporation
- Ag Technologies LLC
- BASF
- Birdsong Peanuts
- Blanchard Equipment
- Colombo NA
- Kelley Manufacturing Co.
- LMC Ag
- Nuseed
- ProFarm
- UPL
- Valent U.S.A. Corporation
- Zimmatic Irrigation
- Agrauxine Corp.
- Agri Spray Drones LLC
- Amadas Industries
- Corteva Agriscience
- Gowan USA
- Olam Peanut Shelling Company
- Premium Peanut LLC
- Southern Ag Carriers
- Verdesian Life Sciences
- Southeastern Peanut Farmer
- Southeast Ag Net
- The Peanut Grower
- Alabama Ag Credit
- Alabama Farmers Federation
- AMVAC Chemical
- Chemical Dynamics
- Early Trucking Company
- Florida Farm Bureau
- Georgia Farm Bureau
- Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service
- Golden Peanut Company
- Harrell Ag Products
- Mississippi Farm Bureau
- National Peanut Buying Points Assn.
- Nichino America, Inc.
- Synovus Ag & Timber Group
- United Bank
- Visjon Biologics
- Chambliss Seed Co., LLC
- Arrow Truck Sales
- Georgia Agribusiness Council
- Sessions Company, Inc.
- The Evans Network of Companies
2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference Photo Album
Syngenta has been a loyal sponsor of the Southern Peanut Growers Conference for all 25 years of its existence and they are proud to continue that support.
“In the southeast, Syngenta is a strong player in peanut fungicides, it’s really our bread and butter, and we want to support the growers that are supporting us,” said regional agronomy rep Wilson Faircloth.
Faircloth says they are looking forward to the release of Plinazolin technology. “It’s a new insecticide technology (that) has a great fit for peanut farmers to control root worms and some other pests as well.”
Learn more in this interview.
Wilson Faircloth, Syngenta 2:41
2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference Photo Album
Yom Ice Cream, an Atlanta-based premium ice cream company, was pleased to offer its Georgia Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip flavored push pops as a treat at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference.
Yom co-founder William McLane says they collaborated with Georgia peanut growers to make the flavor. “We got to work with Georgia grinders and make some amazing peanut butter with Georgia peanuts and use those because they’re a special flavor,” said McLane.
He hopes to take that special flavor nationwide. “I think it’s going to easily be that popular,” McLane said. “We want to grow it beyond Georgia…so everybody gets to experience Georgia peanuts that way.”
Listen to an interview with McLane:
William McLane, Yom 4:07
2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference Photo Album
This year is the 25th Southern Peanut Growers Conference (since 2020 never happened) and it is the 16th year the event has been archived here as a blog. You can go all the way back to 2008 and see photos and videos and hear interviews and read stories all through those years.
AgTechnologies has been a sponsor of this blog from the start. “Sponsoring the blog at the conference here has been a really big deal for us,” says Travis Kelley, Executive Vice President of Technology for the company that was founded in 2003 in Cordele, Georgia. “The peanut industry has really been a big part of where we started as a company in precision ag.”
As the precision ag tech space continues to accelerate toward autonomy and AI solutions, Kelley says their job is to stay up to date on the latest and provide the education that growers need to make the best decisions for their operations.
Interview with Travis Kelley, AgTechnologies 4:06
2024 Southern Peanut Growers Conference Photo Album
The Southern Peanut Growers Conference is able to offer such a great program because of the amazing sponsors who make it possible.
Once again, FMC sponsored the family entertainment Friday night for all the mateys on the Buccaneer Pirate Cruise. All the kids loved singing pirate songs, swabbing the deck, having sword fights, and finding treasures.
FMC is one of nearly 50 sponsors for the conference who help defer the costs for growers to attend each year.
Ag Technologies has been sponsor of the conference blog since it was started in 2008 and we chatted with Travis Kelly again this year to find out what’s new with the precision ag company located in Cordele, Georgia.
“We like to support the industry in general,” said Kelly. “We found out very early that peanut growers are someone we could really help (with precision ag).”
Travis Kelly, Ag Technologies (2:24)
2023 Southern Peanut Growers Conference photo album
Syngenta appreciates the Southern Peanut Growers Conference each year as an opportunity to visit with growers. “The Southern Peanut Growers Conference is always well attended, and it’s always a great chance to see farmers and a lot of producers that you know and visit with them about the latest technology, find out what they’re doing, find out what’s working, what’s ... Read More
Vantage Southeast continues to support the Southern Peanut Growers Conference year after year. “We’ve always been firmly planted with the peanut growers. We started out with guidance just because of being able to plant and dig your peanuts correctly. We’re very focused on precision, just making sure that we can line back up and not tear fruit off the vine,” ... Read More
FMC once again stepped up to hoist the Jolly Roger and treat the Southern Peanut Growers crew mates to a pirate party. Those enjoying the pirate cruise included Blaire Colvin, technical service manager for FMC‘s southeast region. Colvin said FMC offers a strong portfolio for peanuts, including a new insecticide, herbicide and fungicide currently available. She said the conference is ... Read More
Corteva Territory Manager Tony Brunson appreciates the relaxed atmosphere at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference and the opportunity it presents for him and his company to connect with growers. He describes Corteva’s investment as a reimbursement in what they’re doing for farmers when it comes to research and development, with lots of products aimed specifically at peanut growers. Tony Brunson, ... Read More
BASF Sales Representative William Reed continues to support the Southern Peanut Growers Conference as he finds it to be a valuable opportunity for growers to get together and talk about what’s happening on farms through the current growing season. Reed said wet conditions have been challenging peanut growers in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, and does not remember another ... Read More
Feral hog damage costs $1.5 billion annually in the U.S. and farmers in the southeast know only too well the havoc these wild animals can cause on the land. HogEye Cameras has a solution and they were happy to be part of the Southern Peanut Farmers Conference to spread the news. Jack Robertson says their company specializes in camera systems ... Read More
The 22nd Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference is a wrap and we will be bringing you the highlights on the blog in the coming days. In the meantime, here are links to all of the photo and audio content for your viewing and listening pleasure! Photos 2021 Southern Peanut Growers Conference Photo Album Audio Preview interview 2021 SPGC preview with ... Read More
Corteva made a splash as a new company with old roots at the 2019 Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Panama City Beach, Florida. The recent merger of the agriculture divisions of Dow and DuPont brings a number of crop protection products to the table for peanut growers, including fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Corteva sponsored some beach activities as a part ... Read More
Vantage Southeast sponsored the conference blog at the 2019 Southern Peanut Growers Conference, taking advantage of the opportunity to contribute to the show and check in on how the season is going for their farmer customers. Growers are doing more and more with precision agriculture and data, according to Travis Kelly, vice president of field solutions. “We’re taking a strong ... Read More
Participants in this year’s Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Panama City Beach, Florida, learned more about two specific products from top level sponsor Syngenta. “Syngenta does a very nice job of continuing to invest R&D dollars into research, bringing new products to the market,” says Lyle Stewart, district sales manager for Syngenta. “Over the past three years we’ve brought two ... Read More