Staff report

The 52nd Annual Meeting of Peanut Growers Cooperative Marketing Association (PGCMA) will be held today.

In a continuing effort to group meetings to save producers’ valuable time, the meeting will be held after the Late Season and Pre-Harvest Peanut-Cotton Field Tour at the Tidewater Research Station Farm on Hare Road.

The tour begins at 2:00 p.m. and ends with dinner.

The dinner will be jointly provided by Virginia Tech and the PGCMA.

Following dinner, the PGCMA meeting will take place.

During the meeting, necessary business will take place and the manager’s report will be given.

President Billy Bain urges all peanut producers to attend and show their support for the research facility and for PGCMA.

PGCMA is the only organization dedicated to producer marketing, and it is critical for producers to understand fully what their marketing options are.

Since this is a joint meeting, there must be an accurate count for the meal.

If planning to be there for dinner, please call 657-6450 ext. 140 with the number of attendees.

Directions to the Hare Road Farm –

From Franklin – Take Route 58 W to the Research Station.

Go a quarter-mile past the station and take a right on Longstreet Lane at the small caf\u00E9.

Follow Longstreet until Quince Road.

Turn left onto Quince.

The next road to the right is Hare Road.

Turn right and the farm is on the right after a mile.

From Suffolk – Take Route 58 E to a quarter-mile before the Research Station.

Turn left on Longstreet Lane at the small caf\u00E9.

Follow directions above.