Texas peanut crop slammed by drought, heat
8/28/2022 2:10:24 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
AFFECTED AREAS:
Texas
Andrews County, TX
Armstrong County, TX
Bailey County, TX
Borden County, TX
Brewster County, TX
Briscoe County, TX
Carson County, TX
Castro County, TX
Childress County, TX
Cochran County, TX
Coke County, TX
Collingsworth County, TX
Concho County, TX
Cottle County, TX
Crane County, TX
Crockett County, TX
Crosby County, TX
Culberson County, TX
Dallam County, TX
Dawson County, TX
Deaf Smith County, TX
Dickens County, TX
Dimmit County, TX
Donley County, TX
Ector County, TX
Edwards County, TX
El Paso County, TX
Fisher County, TX
Floyd County, TX
Gaines County, TX
Garza County, TX
Glasscock County, TX
Gray County, TX
Hale County, TX
Hall County, TX
Hansford County, TX
Hartley County, TX
Hemphill County, TX
Hockley County, TX
Howard County, TX
Hudspeth County, TX
Hutchinson County, TX
Irion County, TX
Jeff Davis County, TX
Jones County, TX
Kent County, TX
Kimble County, TX
King County, TX
Kinney County, TX
Lamb County, TX
Lipscomb County, TX
Loving County, TX
Lubbock County, TX
Lynn County, TX
Martin County, TX
Maverick County, TX
Menard County, TX
Midland County, TX
Mitchell County, TX
Moore County, TX
Motley County, TX
Nolan County, TX
Ochiltree County, TX
Oldham County, TX
Parmer County, TX
Pecos County, TX
Potter County, TX
Presidio County, TX
Randall County, TX
Reagan County, TX
Real County, TX
Reeves County, TX
Roberts County, TX
Runnels County, TX
Schleicher County, TX
Scurry County, TX
Sherman County, TX
Sterling County, TX
Stonewall County, TX
Sutton County, TX
Swisher County, TX
Taylor County, TX
Terrell County, TX
Terry County, TX
Tom Green County, TX
Upton County, TX
Uvalde County, TX
Val Verde County, TX
Ward County, TX
Webb County, TX
Wheeler County, TX
Winkler County, TX
Yoakum County, TX
Zavala County, TX
Start Date: 8/22/2022
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Heat and drought are taking a toll on Texas’ peanuts, particularly in West Texas. Subsoil moisture was negligible to begin with, crops were not doing well, and irrigation was not able to keep up with water demand.
The yield loss could reach 45% to 50%, according to the executive director of the Texas Peanut Producers Board. A farmer expects a yield reduction of about 30%.
Texas Farm Bureau (Waco, Texas), Aug 22, 2022
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