By Bonnie Coblentz
The majority of Mississippi’s peanut crop is out of the ground and looking good, with recent rain across the state in late October slowing harvest progress.
Brendan Zurweller, peanut specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said harvest was about 75% complete by the last week of October.
“Overall, it’s looking like we will have a slightly above-average crop across the state,” Zurweller said. “The greatest risk with rain this late in the season is the soils don’t dry very fast, so you never know how much longer you will be able to dig peanuts.”