The town of Tamaqua has held a Veterans Day parade since post Civil War days.
But this year, for the first time, national recognition is being accorded for the role veterans play all year long in the .
The C.H. Berry American Legion Post 173 in Tamaqua hosted participants of a recent motorcycle run to benefit Gabriel Yeager, a 2-year-old Schuylkill County boy who has a rare disease.
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Because of peanuts' global significance, ensuring a diverse varietal gene pool is a priority for breeders, but the modern peanut hides an intrinsic fault.
Kelly Chamberlin, USDA-ARS Comrade is praised for pod size distribution, seed size and earliness.
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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 and earliness.”
Comrade matures in approximately 130 days compared to 140 to 145 days for other Virginia-type peanuts, Chamberlin says. Runner peanuts typically mature at 150 days or longer.
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Bob Sutter, CEO of the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, shown in his office in Nashville, N.C., with Buddy McNutty, the mascot for the National Peanut Board. Bob Sutter will be retiring as CEO of the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association on July 31.
The North Carolina Peanut Growers Association has had three chief executives since it was formed back in 1953: Joseph “Joe” Sugg, Norfleet “Fleet” Sugg, and Robert R. Sutter. Much has changed in nearly 70 years ago when North Carolina peanut farmers saw the need to form a group to give them a voice.
The late Joe Sugg was the first executive director and served from 1953 to 1980. When Joe Sugg retired, his cousin Fleet Sugg was named as executive director and served from 1980 to 1993. Then in November 1993, Bob Sutter came on as chief executive officer. And now, after nearly 28 years of service, Sutter will be retiring July 31.