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Kelly Chamberlin, USDA-ARS Comrade is praised for pod size distribution, seed size and earliness. Suggested Event Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021 Southwest peanut producers will soon have a new, early maturing, high-yielding Virginia variety with the joint release of Comrade by the USDA-ARS Center for Peanut Improvement, Stillwater, Okla., and N.C. State University Agriculture Research in Raleigh, N.C. “Comrade is an exceptional variety,” says Kelly Chamberlin, Center for Peanut Improvement research leader. “It shows exceptional pod size distribution, seed size ...

"When I graduated from college, I was a commodity futures broker for eight years," Evans said in a recent interview with Farm Press. Before transitioning into the family farm in the early 90s, Evans received his bachelor's in agricultural business and economics from West Texas A&M University, Canyon. "I've been around the markets my entire adult life," he said. When people think of marketing, they often think of selling commodities at a good price, he says. "But I promise you, I'm the last one who knows what the market's going to do." For years, Evans made marketing decisions based on what he...