Georgia Peanut Tour attendees visited Vienna, Ga., home of the 80,000-Square-Foot Advanced Tralier’s Fabrication Shop. Tour members had the opportunity to tour the Advanced Trailer’s facility and learn about their new and upcoming technology that is sweeping peanut farmers’ off their feet. This West Texas invention converts heavy-duty railroad trailers into state-of-the-art drying units, capable of handling more peanuts than the traditional drying wagon, saving farmers’ time and money. Advanced trailers has been in business since 1995 and built its first fully-converted trailer for drying peanuts in 2002. While this latest revolution to roll through the peanut industry may have begun in the heart of West Texas’ peanut fields, today its epicenter is located in Dooly County, Ga. Learn more about Advanced Trailers online at their Web site.
2008 Georgia Peanut Tour
Georgia Peanut Tour set for September
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.