date:Jul 04, 2012
g conditions of the crop during the spring of 2012, now they are turning their attention to the ongoing lack of rain.
As has been true in the past, irrigation is a necessity to bring this years peanut crop to fruition, said Keith Ingram, director of the Southeast Climate Consortium.
South Georgia, the Panhandle of Florida and Alabama are still in severe drought, he said. This has led to reduced pests and high sunlight, but without irrigation, there will be reduced acreage.
Alabama is not as heav