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PEANUT MARKETING NEWS – August 5, 2019 – Tyron Spearman, Editor (98)

APGG OPENS BLANCHING FACILITY - American Peanut Growers Group will be hosting a special ribbon cutting celebration to
mark the opening of their new blanching facility in Donalsonville, GA. APGG is a grower owned peanut shelling facility with 109
member owners from southwest Georgia, northwest Florida, and southeast Alabama. The new blanching facility will add 17 full
time jobs, a substantial increase to the local property tax base, and be an economic boost to the Donalsonville and surrounding
communities. The special ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 at 11:00 A.M.
AMS ANNOUNCES 10% FEE INCREASE - The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the fees it will charge
warehouse operators for voluntary services associated with the administration of the United States Warehouse Act. This
action establishes the license action fees, service license fees, inspection fees, and annual user fees for warehouse services for fiscal year
2020, beginning October 1, 2019. AMS is increasing all these fees by approximately 10 percent to ensure fee levels are sufficient
to cover the full cost of program administration.
The United States Warehouse Act (USWA), provides for the licensing of public warehouse operators in the business of
storing agricultural products, examination of such federally licensed warehouses, and collection of fees to sustain the operation and
administration of such efforts. Participation in USWA program is voluntary. Participants may choose to obtain licensing under USWA
to meet State or other industry requirements. Warehouse examinations provided by AMS examine the financial status of the operation,
the integrity of the commodities stored in licensed facilities, as well as the facilities themselves.
Several organizations representing producers, handlers, warehouse operators and marketers of dry beans, cotton, grains and
oilseeds, peanuts, and rice urged Committee Chairs to include the $4.454 million increase requested in the President’s fiscal year
2020 budget for the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service for U.S. Warehouse Act (USWA) activities.
This funding will support needed information technology (IT) system updates and enhancements that will support the
fundamental purpose of the USWA, which is to protect producers who choose to store their commodities in facilities which are
licensed under the Act. The Act also serves to protect taxpayers by requiring food aid to be stored in USWA-licensed facilities and
by protecting the Commodity Credit Corporation’s security interest in commodities pledged as collateral for Marketing Assistance
Loans. This notice announces new fees for licensing and examining warehouses storing export food aid commodities, grain, nuts,
sweeteners, wool, cotton, cottonseed and dry beans.
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR JOINT SHELLER/BUYING POINT MEETING – Speakers for the Pre-Harvest Meeting on
Wednesday, August 7 at 9 AM at The Bindery at Oakland Library include:
- Update on Georgia FSIS Grading Project - T.E. Moye, President, Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service, Albany, GA
- Avoiding Danger at the Buying Point - Josh White, Fund Safety & Loss Control Manager, AgriTrust, Bogart, GA
- The 2019 U.S. Peanut Crop - Dr. Scott Monfort, Peanut Agronomist, UGA Cooperative Extension, Tifton, GA
- Agricultural Trade Update - Under Secretary Greg Ibach, USDA marketing and Regulatory Programs
- Unlocking the Power of the Peanut - Embracing the Past & Navigating the Path Forward - Clint Piper, Pres., Golden Peanut
- Manufacturer Update - Jake Calhoun, Director of Brand Strategy, The J.M. Smucker Company, Orrville, OH
APSA & NPBPA will host a luncheon following the general session and all meeting participants are invited to attend. There is no
charge for members to attend the meeting and luncheon, however registration is required.
All registrations should be submitted to the APSA office. TUESDAY, August 6 is the Reception, Dinner and Auction for
$50 to Peanut PAC at 5:30 P.M. at Merry Acres Event Center, Texas Hold’em Tournament follows. www.peanut-shellers.org.
AG MARKETING SERVICE ANNOUNCES AWARD – USDA/AMS has announced that award of 3,018,065,000 pounds of
peanut butter and roasted peanuts for the USDA Domestic Food Distribution Program. Delivery is set for October, November and
December, 2019. No bids were received for 1,848,960 pounds of 12/16 ounce smooth peanut butter or 1,594,080 pounds of 12/18
ounce smooth peanut butter.
The total dollars allocated for the solicitation was $2,851,190 for the listing of peanut butter and roasted unsalted peanuts.
The winning contractors were Clements Foods of Oklahoma City, OK, Jimbo Jumbos or Edenton, NC, Komar Herbals of
Burgettstown, PA, and Severn Peanut Company of Severn, NC. For details contact Cheryl Davis at 816-926-3377.
PEANUT EXCHANGE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED – USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has announced the exchange of
peanuts. The peanuts were exchanged under Solicitation AG-DGO-PNUT-19-0002 and totals 75,294 tons of CCC owned peanuts.
The amount is in exchange for commercial peanut butter (12/16). Contemplated delivery dates are January 1, 2020 through
September 30, 2020.
The successful offerors were Golden Peanut Company, LLC and Golden Grove USA. The report indicates a peanut butter
delivery of 23,915,520 pounds.