Upcoming Peanut Twilight Tour

I.C. Terry Farm and UF/IFAS Extension Columbia County are making preparations for the Columbia County Peanut Twilight Tour to be held at the I.C. Terry Farm on August 10th, 2017 at 5:30 PM. The educational event will include Extension specialists from University of Florida/IFAS as well as other speakers from the peanut industry. The field tour will showcase new peanut cultivars released by Dr. Barry Tillman from the University of Florida peanut breeding program. Following the field tour, Mr. Tyron Spearman, Executive Director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association will share comments on the peanut markets. A dinner will be provided courtesy of I.C. Terry Farm and 12 agri-business donors that sponsored the program. For more information or to register for the program, please contact the UF/IFAS Extension Columbia County office at 386-752-5384.

Peanut seed ready to be planted in April 2017 at the I.C. Terry Farm. Come visit on August 10th to learn about the new peanut cultivars from University of Florida.

 

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