Source: Brad Haire, FARM PROGRESS, 3/11/21


If peanut acres in 2021 go up or down, it likely won't be by much. Either way, peanut farmers, like many others across the South, could use some breaks in 2021. "Right now, we just hope we'll start the year off better than last year without as many problems with stands as we unfortunately experienced last spring. We hope we'll see better germination and quality. It does not mean that we're going to skip out on some problems this year, but we do need a better year for certain," said Scott Monfort, University of Georgia Extension peanut agronomist.

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