With the dry conditions getting worse across Georgia, peanut farmers have been at a loss for what to do with their crops. Do they harvest now in conditions that are not great due to dry, crusty soils or wait for rain to soften up the ground and give the peanuts time to mature? With little rain expected for the next few weeks, Scott Monfort, the UGA peanut specialist, says now may be the time to harvest. For irrigated fields, the peanuts are drying down much faster than normal due to the hot and dry conditions. For non-irrigated fields, maturity is variable and it may be difficult to dig, but conditions are only likely to get worse if no or little rain falls in the next few weeks. You can read more at https://newswire.caes.uga.edu/story.html?storyid=8133&story=Peanut-Crop.

For some pictures of harvests across the US, you can visit AgWeb to see how other regions are faring here.

Source: Rome Ethredge, Seminole County E News