Nearly 10 years ago, Jock Brandis promised women from Mali he'd help them find a better way to shell their peanut crop than one by one with their hands. That promise led him to create a gizmo that ...

A peanut shelling company announced Monday that it will locate its new, 220,000-square-foot facility in the South Carolina Gateway Park in Santee.

Two shelling companies buy 80 percent of the nation’s peanut crop each year, allowing them to drive prices down while costing U.S. taxpayers millions in subsidies.

Texas Roadhouse was once well known for the peanut shells scattered across its floor, but the chain has discarded the practice for health and safety reasons.

The most technologically advanced peanut shelling facility in the world is scheduled to begin operations in Santee in about 12 months.

The sheller proved a boon to area peanut farmers, who gave Huston some of their crop in exchange. With thousands of legumes in hand, Huston set about figuring out what to do with them.

SUFFOLK, Va. - At the oldest peanut-shelling plant in the United States, the past is meeting the future. George Birdsong, the third generation in his family to run Birdsong Peanuts, is surrounded b… ...

McCleskey Mills is the third-largest peanut sheller in the United States. The acquisition is consistent with Olam's strategy to invest in specific products, including edible nuts.

Delta Peanut is building a $70 million facility on a 71-acre swath inside the Craighead County Technology Park. It’s expected to be operational by the time the peanut harvest begins.

If you're curious about mulch alternatives, there's a nutty garden solution you may not have considered. The shell of this popular nut could be a good mulch.

American Peanut Shellers Assn spent $287,000 lobbying in 2008. See the reports it filed.