FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2001
South Carolinians Sought For National Peanut Board Service
COLUMBIA---The South Carolina Peanut Board will conduct nominations for a board member and alternate position for the National Peanut Board, Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at the Ramage Conference Center located at the Columbia State Farmers Market on Bluff Road. The meeting will begin at 10 AM. The NPB was established by producer referendum on July 30, 1999, and was developed to finance a coordinated program of generic promotion, information, and related research designed to maintain and expand markets for peanuts via a 1% national assessment on all peanuts produced and marketed in the U.S.
The Peanut Board is composed of one producer member and one alternate member from each of the nine primary peanut-producing states. The minor peanut-producing states are represented by one at-large producer member and one at-large alternate member.
The NPB encourages eligible women, minorities, and persons with disabilities who qualify as peanut producers to attend the April 24 meeting and run for nomination.
Two nominees for the Board member seat and two nominees for the alternate member seat will be submitted to USDA Secretary Ann Veneman for appointment to a two-year term, effective January 1, 2002.
As the state’s certified peanut producer organization, the South Carolina Peanut Board is charged by USDA to conduct the nominating meeting and submit the nominees names to USDA for consideration. The board urges all peanut producers from across the state to participate in the nomination process.
For more information, call Brad Boozer, South Carolina Peanut Board, 803-734-2225.