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Peanut farming in Missouri has boomed in the past few years due to sandy soil in the Bootheel and a new processing facility.

As peanut production expands in the Show-Me State, one farm family shares how growing peanuts changed their operation for the better.

The Delta Peanut facility in Kennett, MO will support peanut farmers in the region and create about 50 new jobs.

Delta Peanut LLC of Jonesboro continues to see growth as more farmers are raising peanuts.  It recently raised $1.3 million by selling units of ownership in the farmer-owned cooperative, according to a filing last month with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Delta Peanut raised $70 million in 2019 for the construction of a shelling facility on 71-acres, the first in Arkansas. It also has a facility in Marianna.  Tommy Jumper, CEO of Delta Peanut, told Arkansas Business that part of the $1.3 million raised will be used for the construction of a facility at Kennett, Missouri, which h...

Staff USDA's annual prospective plantings report nudge numbers up for 2021 growing season. Ryan McGeeney, U of A System Division of Agriculture | Apr 05, 2021 As world markets slowly unfurl from the global knot of the COVID-19 pandemic, futures markets for both soybean and corn responded in a powerfully positive manner Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual Prospective Plantings Report. The report, conducted by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, reflects producers’ intended acreage for crops across the country based on a surv...