Source: Ron Smith, FARM PROGRESS, 7/15/20


Exports account for 25% of the U.S. peanut market, nearing $1 billion in annual sales in recent years, despite some trade bumps. Maintaining that market will be crucial to the industry, according to two speakers featured during the July 14 opening session of the virtual 52nd annual meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education Society. The annual APRES gathering, originally scheduled for an in-person event in Dallas, Texas, switched to a virtual format as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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