PEANUT MARKETING NEWS – June 11, 2021 – Tyron Spearman, Editor (68)

APC WORKING TO END TARIFFS ON PEANUTS - The American Peanut Council is reporting that US and European
officials are expressing optimism that the two sides will be able to resolve long-standing trade disputes over subsidies to aircraft
manufacturers, bringing an end to retaliatory tariffs. Both Washington and Brussels paused imposition of tariffs, which includes
peanut exports from the U.S., related to the Airbus and Boeing disputes in order to give negotiators a better environment for the
talks. The transatlantic partners also are trying to resolve a separate dispute over the previous Administration’s decision to impose
Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from the EU. That move resulted in the imposition of counter-tariffs
by Brussels.

COMING TOGETHER VITAL TO FARMERS & AGRICULTURE - Leading U.S. agriculture groups have called on the
bipartisan working group and Congressional leadership to come together on a bipartisan infrastructure package that they call vital
to American farmers and their continued domestic and international market access. The letter comes as negotiations among a
bipartisan group of Senators accelerate and Congressional leaders weigh the path forward for infrastructure investments. The letter,
which was organized by Farmers for Free Trade, includes support from every step of the U.S. supply chain: from farm groups, to
truckers, to waterways, to ports and more. The U.S. Peanut Federation has joined the farm groups to sign the letter.

“American agriculture depends on access to new foreign and domestic markets, and that access depends on reliable
infrastructure in the middle of the country and along the coastlines,” the groups write in the letter. “Investing in American
agriculture and infrastructure will protect and create jobs. In 2019, 22.2 million full and part-time jobs in America were
dependent on the agricultural and food sectors.”

“We ask all members of the 117th Congress to recognize the importance of infrastructure to the health of the nation’s food and
agricultural economy and work together to support investments that will allow our workers to remain competitive in a global
marketplace.”

The letter focuses on the economic importance of agricultural trade, the importance of infrastructure for ag supply chains
and exports, how infrastructure spending will support ag and rural jobs, current deficiencies in ag infrastructure, the benefits of
investing in rural broadband and the importance of passing an infrastructure package in our efforts to compete globally.
“The United States cannot afford to delay infrastructure improvements,” the letter states. “Our competitors, including China
and Brazil, are making significant investments in infrastructure to improve their competitive position.”
GARY BLACK TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE - Gary Black, Georgia’s agriculture commissioner since 2011 is running for the
U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Raphael Warnock. Black’s decision means Georgians will elect a new agriculture
commissioner in 2022. He will continue to serve as ag commissioner through the remainder of his current term.
Black says he is running for Senate for the future of America.
During Black’s decade as agriculture commissioner, the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has revamped and
expanded its Georgia Grown program to promote Georgia commodities and the food products made from them by Georgia
companies. Many of these businesses began in the past 10 years. The GDA divisions for information technology, animal health,
homeland security and food safety have been modernized to protect Georgia’s food supply.
Black led the GDA in administering the federal relief funds for farmers affected by Hurricane Michael that the USDA
allocated to Georgia through a state block grant program as authorized by the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster
Relief Act, 2019, which Congress passed to address multiple natural disasters that hit the U.S from 2017 into 2020.
DATES TO REMEMBER – June 28 – July1, 2021 – USA PEANUT CONGRESS, joint meeting of the American Peanut Council
and the American Peanut Shellers Association, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, LA. Registration for in-person or remote access.
Visit www.usapeanuts.com or www.peanut-shellers.org.
July 13-15, 2021 – American Peanut Research and Education Society Annual and Convention (APRES) Omni Las
Colinas Hotel, Dallas Texas. Sessions will be virtual. For info, call 229-329-2021 or www.apresinc.com.
July 13, 2021 – Filing deadline for Antitrust Litigation. For info -www.PeanutFarmersAntitrustLitigation.com,
July 15, 2021 – DEADLINE to report to Farm Service Agency (FSA) final acreage planted to crops for 2021.
July 15-17, 2021 – SOUTHERN PEANUT GROWERS CONFERENCE, Edgewater Beach Resort, Panama City Beach,
FL. Hosted by Georgia Peanut Commission and Grower’s Associations in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. The 3 days cover
legislation, production, marketing, and promotion. For info, see www.southernpeanutfarmers.org.