Utilizing corn and cotton in a three-year rotation to help manage disease and weed problems and timely fungicide applications were also a crucial factor. The Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service will be conducting the survey and a representative will contact local producers between May 30 and June 16. Some respondents will be chosen from sampled areas of land identified on aerial photographs. This survey is particularly vital because it will provide the first clear indications of the potential production of major commodities in 2001. The information gathered is widely used.
Producers rely on the data to reach valid production, marketing, and investment decisions.
Industry analysts, extension agents, and farm organizations use the information in a variety of ways that benefit farmers. Ga. Morris served as chairman of the board previously in 1996-97. I look forward to serving Georgia peanut growers as chairman. I hope the peanut growers will have a good production year even though it looks bleak now. Other officers elected during the board meeting include Joe Boddiford, Sylvania, Ga., as vice chairman and Wilbur Gamble, Dawson, Ga., as treasurer.