
Innovation Today for Tomorrow’s Crops: The Peanut Research Foundation’s 2024 Annual Report
May 2025. The latest annual report from The Peanut Research Foundation, the American Peanut Council's research arm, highlights the latest research innovation and investments aimed at keeping the U.S. peanut industry competitive.
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Rooted: Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Feed the World
Discover more about U.S. peanut farmers’ commitment to growing a delicious, nutritious and sustainable crop in the American Peanut Council's latest video.
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Harnessing Peanut’s Potential Through Investment and Innovation
28 July 2023: Research advances in the U.S. peanut industry in 2022.
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Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative: 2022 Year-One Impact Report
December 2022: Following the launch of the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative, this outlines the data obtained in its pilot year. The information covers the 2021 crop season as supplied by the 69 growers enrolled in the initiative, representing 2.5% of 2021 peanut acres.
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American Peanut Council
The American Peanut Council (APC) is the trade association which represents all segments of the peanut industry. Members include peanut growers, peanut shellers, brokers, peanut product manufacturers, and suppliers of goods and services to the industry. The APC monitors developments in the domestic and international markets and responds with a diverse array of domestic and international marketing, trade servicing, food safety, research and issues management programs.
Peanuts have a great story to tell on sustainability. The American Peanut Council has set up a task force which is measuring the carbon footprint and other indicators of sustainability throughout the supply chain from the farm through processing, and even the life cycle of the packaging of its food products. It is the Task Force’s goal to forge a clear common understanding of what sustainability means within the peanut industry and to ensure that various constituencies’ (business, academic, consumer) evaluation of peanut sustainability is based on consistent sound science and appropriate principles, as well as provide industry members with goals, tools, and support to incorporate sustainability in their business operations.
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New Report Highlights What It Takes to Grow U.S. Peanuts and the Environmental Impact
The American Peanut Council says the information will be used to establish a baseline for the next 2 – 3 crop seasons, with the near-term aim of setting goals with industry input, and a longer-term ambition of continuous improvement.
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A Uniting Point for U.S. Peanut Sustainability
Surveys show that consumers want to know where and how their food is grown; they also believe that their food purchases have an impact on the environment. American peanut farmers, across thirteen southern states, have a compelling story that will resonate with consumers when they are deciding what food to buy.
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American Peanut Council to Document Sustainability Story of U.S. Peanuts
They will launch of a nationwide framework to gather grower data and document the U.S. peanut industry’s sustainability story.
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From Corn to Peanuts: A Sustainable Investment for Arkansas Farmer Greg Baltz
Greg Baltz operates Running Lake Farms in Randolph County, Arkansas. He explains why corn and peanuts are the perfect crop rotation policy that allows him to farm sustainably whilst minimizing his use of fertilizer.
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Covid-19: A Silver Lining for U.S. Peanuts
U.S. peanut farmers are enjoying a boon amidst the global pandemic as peanut butter sales have skyrocketed. The hope is that this trend is here to stay as people are […]
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