The peanut crop in Florida last year suffered a significant decline, and scientists are scratching their heads trying to figure out what caused it. One of the early possibilities discussed was salty water dropped by Hurricane Irma, but the actual causes are most likely a combination of several factors. Bob Kemerait of UGA describes the process of trying to determine what caused the observed problems with the peanuts in his article in the Southeast Farm Press here.

Source: USDA ARS