Outstanding achievement recognized at APRES 50th annual meeting

The last order of business for the 50th Annual American Peanut Research and Education Society meeting was to recognize outstanding achievements.

APRES President Peter Dotray presented these awards:

Bailey Award

Mark Burow, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Texas Tech University

Joe Sugg Graduate Student Competition

• First Place – D.J. Mahoney, North Carolina State University
• Second Place - K.M. Eason, The University of Georgia
• Third Place - S. Lamon, The University of Georgia

Corteva Agriscience Agriculture Division of DowDuPont Awards

• Research-Barry Tillman, University of Florida
• Education-Peggy Ozias-Akins, University of Georgia
   

Graduate Student Poster Competition

• First Place - C.C. Weaver, University of Georgia
• Second Place - J.M. Haynes, Clemson University
   

Coyt T. Wilson Distinguished Service Award

Craig K. Kvien, University of Georgia

Corley Holbrook, USDA-ARS, received a special peanut poster in recognition of his contributions on the APRES board. And Rick Brandenburg, new APRES President, presented Dotray with a plaque in recognition of his service.