After a record 2014 harvest, Virginia peanut growers anticipate a 10 percent smaller harvest this year, at 76 million pounds. Yields are expected to drop 450 pounds per acre from last year, when they ...

Virginia peanut growers are hoping this year’s crop will be 26 percent larger than last year’s, a great recovery from recent years of low production. “We’re looking at the largest per-acre yield for ...

They’re in grocery store displays, in gourmet shops, in your stack of Christmas gifts, next to your favorite recliner. Their shells litter the floors of chain restaurants. Food magazines feature them ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Virginia peanuts are a defined thing with a distinct taste: They’re the largest peanuts available, and are first blanched and ...

FRANKLIN, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia peanuts are the largest and crunchiest of all types grown in the U.S. Not only are they grown in the Commonwealth, but North Carolina and South Carolina. They’re grown ...

When Wegmans Food Markets introduced its Virginia Peanuts, it sought to make sure shoppers knew they weren't like most others. The packaging tells them they're water-blanched, which reduces the fat ...

RICHMOND – The Virginia House of Delegates has voted to extend the state’s excise tax on peanuts – a move that will help promote the sale and marketing of one of the commonwealth’s top cash crops.

The story of the rise and fall of the dominance of the Virginia/Carolina peanut industry. The Virginia Peanut Story tells the rise and fall of the dominance of the Virginia/Carolina peanut industry.

ROCKVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia is known for its peanuts, but one local man is also putting it on the map for its peanut butter. Andrew Broocker started Reginald’s Homemade a little more than five ...

In Virginia, a Germany-based automation solutions manufacturer is expanding in Newport News, while a peanut processor grows in Suffolk. Mühlbauer Inc. will invest $9 million to expand its operations ...

I‘m a card-carrying member of the Peanut Club. I like cocktail peanuts, I like them roasted, I like them honey roasted, I like Spanish peanuts (what happened to Spanish peanuts? They seem to have ...