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Plantings Stalled: Georgia Peanut Producers Impacted by Excessive Rainfall

Dan Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC), Peanuts

Georgia’s peanut producers have been sidelined with regularity this spring because of excessive rainfall. Plantings are not as far along as they could have been due to increased moisture this spring, most recently last weekend in southern and central Georgia. The Georgia Peanut Commission and University of Georgia (UGA) Extension Peanut Team caution growers about rushing to plant in a …

cotton

Cotton, Peanut Planting and Condition Update

Dan Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, USDA-NASS

Cotton planting is picking up across the belt, and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey has the good news on cotton planting and condition Rippey also has an update on peanut planting and condition. According to the USDA National Agricultural Statics Service (NASS), this is where cotton and peanut planting progress across the Southeast stood as of this past Sunday: In Alabama cotton planted was …