Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 9/11/17



At this year’s field day held Sept. 8 at the Peanut Belt Research Station in Lewiston-Woodville, N.C., concern about Hurricane Irma was first and foremost on the agenda because both the Southeast and the United States as a whole are on track to produce a record peanut crop. In comments at the field day, Dell Cotton, manager of the Peanut Growers Cooperative Marketing Association in Franklin, Va., said the U.S. is projected to produce 3.7 million tons of peanuts this year…

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