Source: Alaina Dismukes, FARMPROGRESS, 6/24/20


The U.S. planting projection has increased 2020 peanut acreage estimates, according to Scott Monfort, Extension peanut agronomist at the University of Georgia. Monfort, along with other state specialists who sent in reports, provided a 2020 U.S. peanut crop overview at the online USA Peanut Congress in June. "In total, the U.S. planted acreage estimate for peanuts is 1.586 million, which is a 12% increase. With some rain and sunshine, it looks like we are going to bounce the peanut inventory back up again," Monfort said.

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