{"id":17414,"date":"2023-02-14T12:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=17414"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:13:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:13:15","slug":"sen-ossoff-commends-georgia-peanut-grower-tyron-spearman-for-his-commitment-to-georgias-peanut-industry","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-commends-georgia-peanut-grower-tyron-spearman-for-his-commitment-to-georgias-peanut-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Sen. Ossoff Commends Georgia Peanut Grower Tyron Spearman for His Commitment to Georgia\u2019s Peanut Industry<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sen. Ossoff commends Tyron Spearman for his service to the Plains Community as Executive Director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tifton, Ga. \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is commending Tyron Spearman for commitment to Georgia\u2019s agricultural community with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Executive Director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association, Mr. Spearman has dedicated his life to Georgia\u2019s peanut industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Spearman is well known among peanut farmers across Georgia for his efforts to promote the state and the nation\u2019s peanut industry around the world. In 2013, Tyron Spearman was awarded the Peanut Hull of Fame Award, the highest honor in the industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Please find Sen. Ossoff\u2019s&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/crec\/2023\/02\/13\/169\/29\/CREC-2023-02-13-pt1-PgS350-2.pdf\"><strong>Official U.S. Senate Commendation<\/strong><\/a><strong><u>&nbsp;to Executive Director Tyron Spearman below:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFew are known better in the peanut industry than Georgia\u2019s own Tyron Spearman, who serves as Executive Director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 1978, Spearman helped initiate the American Peanut Council\u2019s Export Promotion program. He\u2019s visited a dozen countries promoting the U.S. peanut industry and has served as a two-time Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Peanut Council.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLocally, Spearman is well-known as Editor of the Peanut Grower Magazine, which is mailed to 8,000 peanut farmers. In 2013, he was awarded the Peanut Hull of Fame Award, the highest honor in the industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast year, the National Peanut Buying Points Association and several other companies and associations announced the creation of the Tyron Spearman CAES Scholarship Fund, providing support to&nbsp;agricultural and environmental science students at the University of Georgia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMr. President, I recognize and commend Tyron Spearman for his lifetime of service and work advancing Georgia\u2019s and the United States\u2019 peanut industry.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ossoff commends Tyron Spearman for his service to the Plains Community as Executive Director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association Tifton, Ga. \u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is commending Tyron Spearman for commitment to Georgia\u2019s agricultural community with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation. As Executive Director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association, Mr. [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17414","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17416,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/17414\/revisions\/17416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}