[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S350]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO TYRON SPEARMAN

 Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I rise to honor a leader of 
Georgia's agricultural community.
  Few are known better in the peanut industry than Georgia's own Tyron 
Spearman, who serves as executive director of the National Peanut 
Buying Points Association.
  In 1978, Spearman helped initiate the American Peanut Council's 
Export Promotion program. He has 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.
  Locally, 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.
  Last 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 agricultural and 
environmental science students at the University of Georgia.
  I recognize and commend Tyron Spearman for his lifetime of service 
and work advancing Georgia's and the United States' peanut 
industry.

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