The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the National Peanut Board to replace one producer member and one alternate from Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
Members and alternates are nominated by producers or producer groups within their respective states. Peanut nomination meetings are scheduled as follows:
- Arkansas - March 18, Foodbank of Northeast, Arkansas, Jonesboro, Ark.
- Missouri - March 19 via teleconference
- Oklahoma - April 3, Stafford Air & Space Museum, Weatherford, Okla.
For more information about state nomination meetings and the application process, contact National Peanut Board Senior Vice President of Finance and Compliance, Chief Operating Officer Maria Mehok at (678) 424-5750 or mymehok@nationalpeanutboard.org. You may also contact USDA Marketing Specialist Sam Mareno at (720) 827-4907 or Samantha.Mareno@usda.gov.
The 12-member board includes 11 members and their alternates representing the primary peanut-producing states and one at-large member and alternate who represent the minor peanut-producing states. More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Peanut Board webpage or on the National Peanut Board website at www.nationalpeanutboard.org.
Since 1966, Congress has authorized industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight to 22 boards. The oversight ensures fiscal accountability and program integrity and is paid for by industry assessments.
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