Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 10/24/17



Based on recommendations from the Peanut Standards Board, USDA published a final rule Oct. 20 to revise the minimum quality and handling standards for domestic and imported peanuts marketed in the United States This rule implements a recommendation to raise the grading score used to classify farmer stock peanuts as Segregation 2 from 2.49 percent to 3.49 percent. The rule will be effective Feb. 1, 2018.

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