Well, peanut farmers are trying to make their final rounds to get this crop in the ground.
There is a final planting date for farmers to watch if they’re in the crop insurance business. Of course, all farmers have to carry full crop insurance and production guarantees or revenue guarantees, either one. The farmer is not required to plant after a certain date, but may do so with a reduced coverage of 1% per day through the late planting period.
But in Georgia, coming up, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, most counties have a final planting date of June the 5th. Well, that’s already passed. But you have 10 days after that to get to the final planting date, and that’s June the 15th.
The final planting date was May 31st for a small group of peanut counties up in the northeast of Georgia. The end of the late planting date in Florida is June the 15th. Alabama has a northern zone, June the 10th, and a southern zone, June the 15th, at the end of the late planting period.
The planting deadline is, other dates include, Texas is June the 10th, Oklahoma’s June the 15th, and that’s mainly on Spanish peanuts. So some states have sections that are under the federal crop insurance program that have their certain deadlines. But right now, we’re looking at June the 15th to get your final peanuts in to get 100% coverage on your crop insurance this year.
Audio Reporting by Tyron Spearman for Southeast AgNet.