The Georgia Peanut Tour is set to kick off this week in Cordele, Ga. The tour is set for Sept. 16-18, 2008 and covers peanut production in Cordele and the surrounding area. The tour includes a cross section of field conditions in South Central Georgia, farm visits at Chris Martin’s farm, Dawson Brothers Farm and Chase Farms, as well as peanut harvest clinics, peanut handling and grading facilities including McCleskey Mills and Tifton Quality Peanuts and research at the University of Georgia Southwest Research and Education Center in Plains, Ga., and the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga. The Early Bird “Hot Topics” Seminar will be held at the Country Inn & Suites in Cordele, Ga., on Tues., Sept. 16 beginning at 3:00 p.m.