♪♪ ♪♪ >>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO GPB'S LIVE EXPLORATION, "GEORGIA PEANUTS!"

I'M YOUR HOST ASHLEY MENGWASSER.

WE'RE LIVE AT THE GEORGIA PEANUT COMMISSION'S HEADQUARTERS IN TIFFTON, GEORGIA.

AND TODAY WE'LL BE EXPLORING THE STATE'S PEANUT INDUSTRY FROM THE GROUND UP.

TRULY THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET A LITTLE NUTTY.

SO BRACE YOURSELF.

DURING THE SHOW, YOU'LL HEAR FROM A VARIETY OF EXPERTS AS THEY TAKE YOU ON IN-DEPTH TOURS OF THE PEANUT INDUSTRY AND SHOW YOU WHY GEORGIA IS THE COUNTRY'S NUMBER ONE PEANUT PRODUCER.

GEORGIA, YOU MAKE US PROUD.

THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, PEANUT EXPERTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS LIVE.

SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION BY SENDING US AN E-MAIL AT EDUCATION@GPB.ORG OR TWEET US.

SEND US A QUESTION VIA TWEET USING #PEANUTSLIVE.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS.

IT'S ONLY FAIR.

DURING THE PROGRAM, WE WILL HAVE FOUR TRIVIA QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO ANSWER, AND OUR PEANUT EXPERTS, WHO ARE CREAM OF THE CROP, OF COURSE, WILL BE EXPLAINING WHICH OPTION IS CORRECT.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT, GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE DEVICES OUT.

I HAVE YOUR FIRST POP QUIZ.

THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHICH SCIENTIST WAS KNOWN AS THE "PEANUT DOCTOR" AND DISCOVERED OVER 300 DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE PEANUTS?

IS IT ISAAC NEWTON?

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER?

MARIE CURIE?

NEIL DEGRASS TYSON?

YOU ONLY NEED TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS TO VOTE.

IT'S SUPER SIMPLE.

JUST GO TO GPB.ORG/PEANUTSLIVE AND SELECT YOUR ANSWER.

OR USE A CELL PHONE TO TEXT 1, 2, 3, OR 4 TO SUBMIT YOUR VOTE TO THE PHONE NUMBER 430-206-3151.

NOW ON TO THE NITTY-GRITTY.

I THINK IT'S TIME WE GET OUR HANDS DIRTY AND LEARN HOW PEANUTS ARE GROWN RIGHT HERE IN GEORGIA.

>> PEANUTS CONTAIN A HOST OF VITAMINS, MINERALS AND NUTRIENTS AND ARE A GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN.

THIS IS VITAL BECAUSE IT HELPS OUR MUSCLES, IMMUNE SYSTEM, BRAIN AND MANY PARTS OF OUR BODIES.

IT PROTECTS US AGAINST VARIOUS DISEASES AND THOSE NUTRIENTS ARE BENEFICIAL TO OUR BODY IN MANY WAYS.

RESEARCHERS FOR BREEDING, FARMING AND TECHNOLOGY IS IMPORTANT IN ACHIEVING THE HEALTHIEST PEANUT.

>> PEANUTS ARE REALLY AWESOME IN THE FACT THAT CONTRARY TO ITS NAME AS PEANUT, PEANUTS ARE NOT A NUT AS WE THINK OF THEM BUT RATHER A LEGUME, WHICH MEANS THEY FIX THEIR OWN NITROGEN, THEY REQUIRE VERY LITTLE IF ANY SOIL FERTILIZER ADDED TO THEM.

ON THAT TAP ROOT ARE THE LITTLE TINY ROOTS, AND EACH OF THOSE ROOTS HAVE NODULES OF NITROGEN ON THEM.

NITROGEN IS A FERTILIZER SOURCE, THEY ARE PRODUCING THEIR OWN NITROGEN AND FERTILIZER.

WE GROW COTTON AND CORN AND OTHER CROPS THAT TAKE THE SOIL'S FERTILITY.

PEANUTS PUT THAT BACK IN.

SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR A LOT OF THE CROPS THAT WE GROW HERE IN THE SOUTH.

THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS THAT ARE THERE AS WELL, PEANUTS ARE VERY EFFICIENT IN THEIR UTILIZATION OF WATER.

I THINK WE ALL HAVE LEARNED THE VALUE WATER AND ITS UTILIZATION VERY HIGHLY, AND PEANUTS ARE ONE OF THOSE CROPS THAT TEND TO USE WATER VERY WELL.

WE USE VERY FEW PESTICIDES ON PEANUTS FOR INSECTS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BENEFICIAL INSECTS THAT COME INTO THE PEANUT FIELD, SO FROM AN ECOSYSTEM STANDPOINT, AND ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH WATER USAGE AND NITROGEN, AND THEN INSECTS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL THAT CONTROL BAD INSECTS, IT'S JUST A PRETTY INCREDIBLE CROP IN MY OPINION.

PEANUT PLANTING NEEDS A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR IT TO DO REALLY WELL.

YOU NEED GOOD, WARM TEMPERATURES, GOOD WARM SOIL TEMPERATURES AND IT'S A GREAT MAY DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF GEORGIA SO WE THINK WE HAVE THOSE CONDITIONS, AND IT'S TIME TO PLANT.

WE LIKE A SANDIER SOIL TO GROW PEANUTS, AND THE BIG REASON FOR THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN DIG EASILY.

WE TYPICALLY PLANT PEANUTS WHEN THE SOIL MOISTURE REACHES 70 DEGREES OR ABOVE.

WE FIRST RUN OVER OUR BEDS, WHICH WERE MADE BACK IN APRIL, TO LEVEL THEM OFF A LITTLE BIT AND TO BREAK UP ANY CLOGS THAT MIGHT BE THERE, AND THEN THE VERY NEXT STEP IS THE PLANTER.

DURING THAT PROCESS, WE'RE PUTTING SEED IN THE GROUND AT A DEPTH OF ABOUT 2 INCHES.

WE'RE PLANTING AROUND 160 POUNDS OF PEANUT SEEDS PER ACRE.

OUR ENTIRE OPERATION WAS LIKE 30,000 POUNDS OF PEANUT SEEDS THIS YEAR.

WE TYPICALLY YIELD ABOUT 6,000 POUNDS PER ACRE.

THAT INCLUDES THE SEED BUT YOU COULD SAY 75% OF THAT IS GOING TO BE PEANUTS.

ON A PLANT, THERE'S PROBABLY 10 TO 12 HARVESTABLE PODS.

THE REAL CRITICAL THING ABOUT GROWING PEANUTS IS DETERMINING THE PROPER TIME TO DIG THAT PEANUT PLANT.

AND IT'S BASED ON THE PERCENTAGES OF HARVESTABLE PODS.

IT IS PART SCIENCE, IT IS PART ART.

THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA DEVELOPED A CHART THAT WE CAN CREATE THE OUTER LAYER OF THE PEANUT HOLES AND BY LOOKING AT THE COLOR OF THOSE OUTER LAYERS, WE CAN DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GOT THREE DAYS BEFORE YOU SHOULD DIG OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE YOU SHOULD DIG, AND THAT PART IS SCIENCE.

WHEN WE COME TO THAT POINT, SOMETIME IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, WE'RE EVALUATING THE PEANUTS THAT ARE ON THE PLANT AND DECIDING WHEN IT'S A PROPER TIME TO DIG.

THE MOST MATURE BEING A DARK BROWN AND BLACK AND THE LEAST MATURE BEING WHITE.

AND THAT REALLY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MATURITY FROM A FARMER'S STANDPOINT AFFECTS HOW WE GET PAID AND THE PRICE WE RECEIVE PER TON, BUT FROM THE CONSUMER STANDPOINT, A MATURE PEANUT IS THE BEST TASTING PEANUT.

THE MACHINE THAT WE'RE USING TO DIG THE PEANUTS IS CALLED A DIGGER, SHAKER INVERTER.

AND IT SIMPLY BRINGS THE PEANUTS OUT OF THE GROUND, SHAKES A LITTLE DIRT OFF, TURNS THEM UP, AND ALLOWS THEM TO DRY SO THAT WE CAN COME OVER IT WITH OUR HARVESTING MACHINE IN THREE TO FOUR DAYS.

THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF A PEANUT COMBINE ARE DIFFERENT THAN MOST ANY OTHER KIND OF COMBINE YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE, AND IT'S A CYLINDER, PROBABLY THIS BIG AROUND, WITH SPRING TEETH THAT JUST ALMOST TEAR THE VINES APART AND TEAR THE PEANUTS OFF OF THOSE VINES AND THEN THE PEANUTS GO INTO THE HOPPER AND THE VINES THEN JUST GO OUT ON THE GROUND.

THE FRESHLY DUG PEANUTS ARE A VERY HIGH MOISTURE, AND SO THEY HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FLAVOR.

WE DRY THEM ON DOWN TO 10% SO THEY CAN STORE AND YOU GET MORE OF THAT NUTTY FLAVOR.

WHEN WE DUMP FROM OUR PEANUT COMBINES INTO THE WAGON, AND FILL EACH WAGON.

EACH WAGON HAS A VOLUME OF ROUGHLY 7 TONS.

THE TYPICAL PROCESS FOR PEANUTS IS TO GO TO A BUYING PLANT.

>> I HAVE INSPECTED PEANUTS FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND IN THIS ROOM IS THE GRADING PROCESS WHERE WE FILTER OUT ROCKS AND STONES, AND THEN WE SHELL THEM TO FIND OUT THE MOISTURE, AND THEN MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTED, THE CONSUMER'S PROTECTED WITH QUALITY PEANUTS, AND AT THE END OF IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A GRADE SHEET, LIKE A REPORT CARD THAT WOULD TELL US ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO PAY THE FARMER.

>> OBVIOUSLY WE ALL LIKE TO PAY OUR BILLS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WHAT MAKES IT WORTHWHILE FOR ME IS THAT THIS IS A PLANT THAT'S GROWING, YOU CAN SEE THE TOP, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THAT PLANT UNTIL YOU TURN IT OVER.

AND THAT IS THE MOST AWESOME THING IS TO TURN THAT PLANT OVER TO SEE WHAT, REALLY, YEARS OF PREPARATION AND WORK AND PLANNING HAVE MADE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE UNIQUE BLESSINGS ABOUT BEING A PEANUT FARMER IS TO SEE THAT PLANT COME UP.

PROVIDING A HEALTHY SOIL ULTIMATELY PROVIDES A HEALTHY CROP.

AND WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE OUR EFFICIENCY AND TO KEEP THAT SOIL HEALTHY FOR GENERATIONS SO THAT WE CAN GROW WONDERFUL PEANUTS.

WE CAN PROVIDE FOOD FOR ALL OF US.

>> I'M AMAZED.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR FARMERS WHO HELP PUT FOOD ON OUR PLATES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT HIS ROLE AS A PEANUT FARMER IS THE ONE AND ONLY DONALD CHASE, WELCOME TO THIS SIDE OF THE SHOW.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

I THOUGHT WHAT YOU SAID IS FASCINATING, I COULD DEVIL INTO IT.

I'M CURIOUS, WE JUST GOT A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT YOU DO BUT HOW DID YOU CHOOSE THE PEANUT PROFESSION?

>> I ENJOY IT, IT WAS MY HOBBY.

AFTER COLLEGE, I RETURNED AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO RAISE MY FAMILY THERE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.

>> YOU WORK RIGHT OUTSIDE GROWING DELICIOUS FOOD, SOUNDS LIKE A DREAM JOB TO ME.

WE HAVE A QUESTION COMING IN FROM OUR AUDIENCE, AND IT'S A GOOD ONE.

BOBBY IN MRS. ALLEN'S SECOND GRADE CLASS AT PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY WANTS TO KNOW, WHAT IS THE LIFE CYCLE OF A PEANUT?

DONALD?

>> THE PEANUT THAT WE EAT IS ACTUALLY THE SEED OF THE PLANT.

AND IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK FOR IT TO EMERGE AND SPROUT ROOTS, AND THEN IT PRODUCES THESE REALLY NICE YELLOW FLOWERS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

>> OH, MY GOODNESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I IMAGINED THE PEANUT PLANT TO LOOK LIKE BUT I DID NOT IMAGINE THE PRETTY YELLOW FLOWERS.

>> AFTER THE YELLOW FLOWERS EMERGE, THE REALLY COOL THING HAPPENS IS THAT IT PRODUCES A PEG, THERE IS A PEG, AND THAT GOES INTO THE SOIL AND FORMS A POD, AND AS THAT POD GROWS AND DEVELOPS, IT MATURES INTO A PEANUT, AND WE CAN SHELL THAT AND EAT IT AGAIN.

>> THAT'S THE PART WE EAT.

THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE HAVE SO MANY PEANUT PODS ON ONE PLANT.

WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS COMING IN FROM OUR AUDIENCE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

EMMA AND CALLAWAY, THIRD GRADERS AT CARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEANUTS ARE.

>> THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MARKET PEANUTS, THE VA VALENCIA, A RUNNER PEANUT.

>> I LIKE THE NAME OF THAT ONE.

>> HAY DEN A THIRD GRADER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE MAJORITY OF GROWN PEANUTS IN GEORGIA USED TO PRODUCE?

>> WELL, THIS IS EXCITING BECAUSE IF YOU LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY, YOU'RE IN LUCK BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEANUTS IN GEORGIA ARE GROWN FOR PEANUT BUTTER.

>> PEANUT BUTTER, THAT'S AN ANSWER I LIKE, DONALD, KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS, REMEMBER YOU CAN ASK OUR QUESTIONS BY SENDING AN E-MAIL TO EDUCATION@GPB.ORG OR BY SENDING US A TWEET.

USE THE #PEANUTSLIVE.

WE ASKED YOU OUR FIRST QUIZ QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S TIME WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS.

THE QUESTION WAS, WHICH SCIENTIST WAS KNOWN AS THE PEANUT DOCTOR WHO DISCOVERED OVER 300 DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE PEANUTS.

HERE'S WHAT YOU SAID.

WOW, PRETTY OUTSTANDING, THEY SEEM TO HAVE AN OPINION.

ARE THEY RIGHT >> THE RIGHT ANSWER IS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER.

AND WE HAVE A QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DR.

CARVER, MR. WALTER'S CLASS AT MIDWAY ELEMENT SAY THEY HAVE BEEN STUDYING GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, HOW TIMELY, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIS MANY DISCOVERIES, INCLUDING PEANUTS.

WHAT DID HE DISCOVER?

>> PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME AS A FARMER IS HE DEVELOPED A CROP ROTATION, USING PEANUTS IN BETWEEN CROPS OF COTTON AND CORN TO REPLENISH THE SOIL.

>> WHAT DOES CROP ROTATION DO, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS?

>> WE PLANT A YEAR OF PEANUTS, AND THEN MAYBE TWO YEARS OF SOME OTHER CROP, AND THE PEANUTS ARE LEGUMES AND THEY PRODUCE NITROGEN.

IT HELPS US TO GROW BETTER CROPS IN THE YEARS THAT WE'RE NOT GROWING PEANUTS.

>> PEANUTS HELP US REPLENISH THE EARTH, I LOVE IT.

SUCH COLLABORATORS.

WITH PEANUTS GROWN ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF FARMS, I IMAGINE THAT OPENED A WHOLE NEW MARKET FOR THE PEANUT CROP.

>> IT DID, AND THEN DR.

CARVER WITH THE 300 USES OF PEANUTS MADE IT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TO GROW PEANUTS AS WELL.

>> THE PLANT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

INCREDIBLE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS COMING IN, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, MARIAH, DAVID, LIB BY, AT CRISP COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL WANT TO KNOW WHICH GEORGIA CITY PRODUCES THE MOST PEANUTS.

>> THAT'S A TRICK QUESTION, BUT THERE ARE PEANUTS GROWN IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE USUAL ANSWER IS SYLVESTER, GEORGIA, BUT IT VARIES WITH DIFFERING COUNTIES MOSTLY BECAUSE OF CROP ROTATION AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T PLANT PEANUTS EVERY YEAR ON THE SAME LAND.

>> THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

A BIT OF A MOVING TARGET I SEE.

ARE YOU READY FOR MORE?

>> YES.

>> MELODY, A 5th GRADER ASKS WHEN WERE PEANUTS DISCOVERED?

>> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

THERE HAVE BEEN PEANUTS IN WILD CULTIVATION FOR AS LONG AS WE KNOW.

AND THEY HAVE MOVED AROUND THE WORLD, DIFFERENT PRODUCTION, BUT COMMERCIALLY, DR.

CARVER HELPS US DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL MARKET HERE IN THE STATE.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND.

THEY'RE HERE TO STAY, AS LONG AS WE KEEP REPLENISHING THE SOIL.

>> EXACTLY.

>> MICAH WANTS TO KNOW WHY PEANUT FARMS ARE IMPORTANT?

>> WELL, PEANUT FARMS ARE FARMS THAT GROW EVERYTHING IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES HERE IN GEORGIA.

WE SUPPORT THE ECONOMY.

WE SUPPORT OUR EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE IN EACH OF THOSE COUNTIES.

SO WE THINK THAT THE PEANUT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ECONOMY IN A LOT OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

>> FROM THE GROUND UP LIKE WE SAID.

AND GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR DEVICES OUT BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR OUR NEXT QUIZ QUESTION.

HERE IT IS.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES IS COMMONLY USED BY PEANUT FARMERS, DRONES?

LASER CUTTERS?

3D PRINTERS?

VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSETS?

REMEMBER TO CAST YOUR VOTE ONLINE AT GPB.ORG/PEANUTSLIVE OR TEXT 1, 2, 3, OR 4 TO 430-206-3151.

AND SPEAKING OF TECHNOLOGY, I THINK IT'S TIME TO DIG INTO THE MACHINES BEHIND THE CROP.

>> FARMING EQUIPMENT HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

BACK AT THAT TIME 90% OF THE POPULATION WAS INVOLVED IN FARMING, THAT WAS PRIMARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF JUST HAVING ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED YOUR FAMILY TO SURVIVE.

NOWADAYS FARMERS FEED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON WHAT THEY PRODUCE.

100 YEARS AGO ON A FARM THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF POWER WAS FROM ANIMALS, MULES OR HORSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

A LOT OF YOUR ACRES HAD TO BE IN HAY JUST TO FEED THE ANIMALS WITH THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, IT ALLOWED A FARMER TO DO A WHOLE LOT MORE WITH HIS ACRES THAN YOU COULD BEFORE.

YOU PUT DIESEL IN IT, AND YOU CAN NOW FARM THOSE ACRES TO PRODUCE FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

THE TRACTOR IS VERY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR PEANUT FARMING BUT ALL AGRICULTURE.

IT'S THE MAIN POWER SOURCE THAT PULLS THROUGH THE FIELD.

>> THE FUTURE PROVIDED AUTOMATION MARKET IS ALREADY STARTED.

WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO SEE SOME OF THE SEMIAUTONOMOUS VEHICLES LIKE UAVs OR SOME ROBOTIC AUTONOMOUS TRACTORS OR HARVESTERS IN PEANUT PRODUCTION.

>> WITHOUT INTERVENTION, IF I TURN IT ON AND GIVE IT A PLAN, IT SHOULD OPERATE BY ITSELF.

THE MAIN THING, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED FOR IS PRIMARILY TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE PRODUCTION.

AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY.

IN THE 1980s, WE DECIDED AN AG REVOLUTION, BASICALLY GPS SATELLITE ALLOWED US TO BE ABLE TO MAP DEALS, AND THAT HAS REALLY IMPROVED THE PRODUCTION FROM AN EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT.

>> OVER THE LAST DECADE, THE WHOLE PRECISION AG CONFLICT HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES AND THE PRECISION HAS ALMOST CHANGED WHERE WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE PRECISE EVERY DAY.

>> DIGITAL SCIENCE AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY PLAYS AN INCREASING ROLE IN PEANUT FARMING.

ESPECIALLY THE TRACTOR HAS A GPS SYSTEM ON IT, AND IT'S TALKING TO THE SATELLITE.

THE SATELLITES IN SPACE ARE GENERALLY 3 TO 4 FOOT OFF FROM A POSITION, AND SO WE USE RTK BASE STATIONS, THAT'S REALTIME KINETIC GPS SIGNALS THAT CORRECT THAT SIGNAL.

SO THE SATELLITES TALK TO OUR TK SPACE STATION THAT KNOWS EXACTLY ITS CORRECT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE POINT, AND FROM THERE, IT SENDS OUT A CORRECTED SIGNAL TO THE TRACTOR SO THAT IT CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WITHIN AN INCH.

BECAUSE IF WE'RE TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT A COUPLE OF INCHES, THOSE ARE PEANUTS WE'RE LEAVING IN THE GROUND AND YIELDS THAT WE'RE NOT CAPTURING.

NOW AS OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED YEAR TO YEAR, WE'RE HAVING TO FEED THE SAME OR MORE PEOPLE WITH LESS LAND EACH YEAR, AND WITH THAT, WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YIELDS ON THOSE PLANTED ACRES ARE BETTER EACH YEAR.

>> PLANTERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ALL FARMERS.

A PLANTER TAKES A HOPPER OF SEEDS, AND IT SINGULATES SEEDS AND PLANTS THEM IN THE DRILL OR THE ROW.

FOR THAT PLANT TO REACH ITS OPTIMAL YIELD POTENTIAL AND GROW THE MOST THAT IT CAN, THOSE SEEDS NEED TO BE SPACED ACCURATELY IN THE DRILL OR IN THE ROPE.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER OR TOO FAR APART.

IN PEANUT FARMING, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A VERY GOOD METHOD OF HARVESTING THE CROP.

YOU SPEND THE YEAR TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU PLANTED THE CROP WELL, YOU WATERED IT, TOOK CARE OF IT, MADE SURE IT DOESN'T HAVE DISEASE, AND PESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND AT HARVEST TIME, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU COLLECT EVERY SINGLE KERNEL OF THOSE PEANUTS THAT YOU CAN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD PEANUT HARVESTER.

WHEN FARMERS CAME TO HARVEST MORE ACRES IN A DATE, WE DESIGNED THE FIRST UNLOAD ON THE GO PEANUT COMBINE.

PRIOR TO THAT YOU HAVE A STATIONARY TANK ON TOP OF THE COMBINE, AND ONCE PEANUTS FILL THAT UP, THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP THE MACHINE AND GO INTO A WAGON OR TRAILER.

WITH THE UNLOAD ON THE GO CONVEYOR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP.

THE PEANUT HARVESTER CAN CONTINUE TO HARVEST WHILE THE CROPS ARE BEING UNLOADED.

FARMERS CAN SAVE MONEY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, FROM EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT, THEY CAN HARVEST MORE ACRES IN A DAY WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUEL AND MANPOWER, THEN IT'S MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEM.

>> IN THE UNITED STATES, AGRICULTURE AS A WHOLE HAS TREMENDOUSLY IMPROVED OVER THE PAST 40 OR 50 YEARS.

NOT JUST IN MECHANIZATION BUT IN THE SEED GENETICS AND HAVING A GOOD QUALITY SEED THAT CAN GROW AND PRODUCE A LARGE YIELD SO HAVING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AREAS WORK TOGETHER IS IMPORTANT TO THE FARMER TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GROWS THE BEST QUALITY CROP THAT HE CAN AND MAKE THE MOST MONEY FOR IT.

>> PEANUT BREEDING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURE, PARTICULARLY IN GEORGIA, SINCE GEORGIA DOES PRODUCE ABOUT 50% OF THE U.S.

PEANUTS AND THE GROWERS OF COURSE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THEIR YIELD WITH REDUCING THEIR INPUTS AND THEIR COSTS FOR PRODUCING THAT CROP.

AND SO THEREFORE, PEANUT BREEDING IS TARGETED TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.

PEANUT BREEDING IS BASICALLY TAKING A MOMMY AND A DADDY, AND CROSSING THE TWO AND LOOKING AT THE OFFSPRING TO SEE IF THERE'S A BETTER OFFSPRING THAN EITHER MOMMY OR DADDY.

A BETTER OFFSPRING WOULD BE ONE THAT, SAY, HAS HIGHER YIELD OR HAS HIGHER DISEASE RESISTANCE OR IT COULD HAVE IMPROVED NUTRITION OR OTHER QUALITY TRAITS IN THE SEED, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAITS THAT WE TRIED TO IMPROVE ON PEANUTS.

THE ADVANCES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THAT HAVE IMPACTED OUR WORK ARE MANY.

AS FAR AS COMPUTERS ARE CONCERNED, AGAIN, THEIR POWER HAS IMPROVED EXPONENTIALLY FROM A DECADE AGO, AND THEREFORE, THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS IS VASTLY INCREASED.

TECHNOLOGY AS FAR AS GENETICS HAS ALSO ADVANCED ENORMOUSLY, AND SO THOSE GENETICS TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDE DNA SEQUENCING AND IN THE DNA SEQUENCING, WE'VE RECENTLY IN AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION, SEQUENCED THE GENOME, WHICH HAS LED TO A LOT OF ADVANCES.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MUCH FASTER ADVANCES MADE IN IMPROVING PEANUTS.

>> CHANGED DRASTICALLY OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE MORE AND MORE AS WE ENHANCE OUR TECHNOLOGY AND THE SIZE OF OUR EQUIPMENT, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE MORE IMPACTFUL AND GET FASTER PACED.

>> LEADING TO LESS WASTE AND MORE YIELD PER CROP.

>> INCREASING EFFICIENCY HELPS THE BOTTOM LINE, AND THAT'S WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR.

>> THE TIME LINE GIVES YOU A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE PAST.

IT ALSO LETS YOU TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT SENSE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO THE UPCOMING GENERATION.

THAT WE CONTINUE THE SAME INNOVATIONS GOING FORWARD AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

THERE'S CERTAINLY NO SHORTAGE OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE PEANUT INDUSTRY.

HERE WITH ME NOW IS KEITH RUCKER, AN AGRONOMIST WITH BAYER CROP SCIENCE.

WELCOME, KEITH.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> I LOVE THAT YOU'RE AN AGRONOMIST, I LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

SPECIALIZED BIOLOGIST WHO SPECIALIZES IN CROPS GROWN FOR FOOD AND FIBER.

WE CONDUCT ALL KINDS OF EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAYS THAT FARMERS CAN GROW CROPS INCREASE EFFICIENCY, AND FEED A HUNGRY WORLD >> SO YOU LITERALLY LIKE TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WELL, SPEAKING OF DIRT, GEORGIA'S SOIL IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S SOFT AND SANDY.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT TYPE OF SOIL IS BENEFICIAL FOR GROWING PEANUT PLANT IN PARTICULAR.

>> PEANUTS LIKE SANDY SOIL.

FOR TWO REASONS, NUMBER ONE, THE SANDY SOIL IS A WELL DRAINED SOIL.

PEANUT ROOTS DON'T LIKE TO BE IN REALLY WET, SOGGY SOIL, AND SAND BECAUSE IT'S SO COURSE, THE WATER WILL DRAIN OUT OF IT.

IT WILL STAY MOIST SO IT HAS PLENTY OF WATER BUT NOT TOO WET.

AND THE PEANUT POD GOES DOWN INTO THE GROUND AND STARTED TO SWELL UP AND DEVELOP, IT'S GOT TO HAVE ROOM TO GROW.

THAT SAND WILL LET IT GROW, AND WHEN THE PEANUT FARMER GOES TO HARVEST THE CROP, HE HAS TO DIG THE PEANUTS OUT OF THE GROUND, TURN THEM UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY DIG OUT OF THE SOIL.

>> WE LIKE EVIDENCE, YOU BROUGHT PROOF TO YOUR THEORY.

>> WE'VE GOT TWO PLANTS HERE, AND THIS NICE LOOKING GREEN PLANT WAS GROWN IN GOOD SOUTH GEORGIA SOIL, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT LOOKS NICE.

WE'VE GOT GOOD LOOKING BRIGHT GREEN LEAVES AND YOU CAN SEE THE PEGS COMING DOWN.

THEY COME FROM THE FLOWERS, THE STEMS AND THE SOIL, AND YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT STAGES O. PEANUT AS THEY'RE GROWING.

THESE WOULD BE UNDERGROUND IN A NORMAL SITUATION IN THE DIRT.

>> HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THIS SAD GUY HERE?

>> THIS SAD GUY OVER HERE WAS GROWN IN A NORTH GEORGIA CLAY, JUST LIKE YOU FIND IN NORTH GEORGIA, AND BECAUSE IT STAYS SO WET, NOTICE HOW THE GREEN THE LEAVES ARE, THE ROOTS JUST CAN'T FUNCTION THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO IN THAT REALLY WET SOIL.

IT DOESN'T GROW AS WELL.

>> YOU HAVE TO GO BENEATH THE SURFACE FO DETERMINE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM AND WITH PEANUT PLANTS, SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE SOIL.

>> THE SOIL IS OFTEN THE PROBLEM.

>> ALL OF THIS INSIGHT IS MAKING SOMETHING ELSE GROW, THAT IS OUR LIST OF QUESTIONS.

WOULD YOU HELP US OUT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> KENNEDY A THIRD GRADE STUDENT AT CHATTAHOOCHEE CHARTER SCHOOL, WHERE ELSE DO PEANUTS GROW.

>> >> IN THE UNITED STATES, PEANUTS GROW IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SAND WE TALK ABOUT.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY ALONG THE COASTAL STATES FROM ABOUT VIRGINIA ALL THE WAY OVER TO TEXAS, ALTHOUGH GEORGIA GROWS ABOUT HALF OF ALL THE PEANUTS GROWN IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY ALSO GROW IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA AND PARTS OF ASIA.

>> PEANUTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

>> SECOND GRADERS AT WEST END ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAVE A QUESTION, HOW DOES THE PEANUT CROP BRING NUTRIENTS TO THE SOIL FOR OTHER CROPS?

>> PEANUTS BELONG TO A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY OF PLANTS CALL LEGUMES.

LEGUMES ARE REALLY COOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS MAGICAL ABILITY TO DO THIS THING THAT'S CALLED NITROGEN FIXATION, A FANCY TERM THAT BASICALLY MEANS THEY CAN TAKE NITROGEN THAT'S IN THE ATMOSPHERE, FOUND IN THE AIR, NOT USABLE TO THE PLANT AND KELLY CHANGE IT TO BASICALLY A FERTILIZER THAT THE PLANT CAN UTILIZE AND WHEN THEY DO THIS, NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP THE PEANUT CROP GROW THAT YEAR BUT IT LEAVES SOME OF THE FERTILIZER IN THE SOIL SO WHEN YOU PLANT CROPS AFTER THAT, IT'S THERE TO HELP THEM GROW AS WELL.

IT BUILDS THE SOIL UP.

>> ALWAYS GIVING BACK.

YOU'RE NOT ONLY AN EXPERT IN AGRONOMY, YOU KNOW ABOUT FARMING MACHINE.

>> I ENJOY RESTORING ANTIQUE EQUIPMENT.

I DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK WHERE YOU CAN COME AND LEARN HOW FARMING WAS DONE BACK IN THE OLD DAYS.

>> THAT'S AMAZING, YOU ARE A TRUE SOUTH GEORGIA RENAISSANCE MAN, AND YOU SOUND LIKE THE PERFECT PERSON TO HELP US ANSWER OUR SECOND QUIZ QUESTION, WHICH WAS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES IS MORE FREQUENTLY USED BY PEANUT FARMERS.

HERE'S WHAT OUR AUDIENCE SAID PREDOMINANTLY THEY'RE SAYING DRONES.

>> IT IS DRONES.

THESE ARE HELPFUL TO PEANUT FARMERS, REALLY FARMERS IN GENERAL BECAUSE YOUR AVERAGE PEANUT FARMER IS GOING TO BE GROWING 3 TO 400 ACRES OF PEANUTS.

THAT IT'S A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.

THEY CAN'T SEE IT ALL FROM THE GROUND.

THEY COULD GO RENT AN AIRPLANE AND FLY OVER IT BUT THAT'S EXPENSIVE BS COSTS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WITH THE DRONE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE NOW, YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE QUAD COPTER LIKE THIS, LIKE A HELICOPTER, AND IT CAN FLY UP ABOVE THE CROP FLIER, IT HAS THIS CAMERA ON THE FRONT THAT YOU CAN LOOK AND ACTUALLY SEE ON THE SCREEN WHILE YOU'RE GOING, YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR CROP, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROBLEMS IN YOUR FIELD FROM THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE FROM THE GROUND.

FARMERS CONTROL THE DRONE USING A SYSTEM LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE, YOU HAVE LIKE A PHONE OR AN iPAD ON HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND IT HAS JOY STICKS LIKE A GAME CONTROLLER AND YOU CAN USE THIS TO TAKE THE AIRCRAFT OFF AND FLY IT, FORWARD, BACKWARDS, SIDEWAYS, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO FLY AROUND AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR CROP FROM THE AIR.

>> AND THE REASON YOU USE DRONES AND NOT OTHER AIRCRAFT IS BECAUSE?

>> THIS IS SO MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TIME ON AN AIRCRAFT.

>> AND MORE COMPACT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SMART QUESTIONS COMING IN FROM OUR AUDIENCE.

WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM MRS. WRIGHT'S FIRST GRADE CLASS, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PEANUT SHELLS ON THE OUTSIDE ARE MADE OF.

I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERS.

>> PEANUT SHELLS ARE MADE UP PRIMARILY OF A MATERIAL CALLED CELLULOSE.

AND CELLULOSE IS THE SAME THING THAT MAKES UP WOOD LIKE IN THIS TABLE THAT WE HAVE HERE BUT IT'S A PLANT BASED MATERIAL.

TREES ARE PLANTS LIKE PEANUTS ARE.

IT'S SIMILAR TO WOOD.

LIKE THIS.

>> RILEY, A 4th GRADER ASKS HOW LONG DO PEANUTS LAST BEFORE THEY START TO ROT.

>> WELL, I THINK PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO ANSWER IS HOW LONG BEFORE THEY GO BAD.

WHEN YOU HARVEST THAT CROP, THOSE PEANUTS THAT WE SHELL OUT AND USE FOR FOOD, THEY WILL LAST ABOUT ONE YEAR, AND WHAT HAPPENS GENERALLY IS THE OILS WILL START TO GO BAD, THEY WILL DEVELOP BAD FLAVORS AND THEY'RE NOT ANY GOOD ANYMORE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE GROW A NEW CROP EVERY YEAR SO WE HAVE FRESH PEANUTS TO FEED PEOPLE.

>> FEED US, WHICH WE APPRECIATE.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU, MRS.

PAR'S KINDERGARTEN CLASS WANTS TO KNOW IF PEANUT PLANTS NEED POLLINATORS TO GROW.

>> THEY ARE A UNIQUE PLANT.

THEY ARE SELF-POLLINATING, SO THE FLOWER, INSIDE THAT YELLOW FLOWER, THE STAY MENS, WHICH IS THE PART OF THE PLANT THE POLLEN COMES FROM, THEY'RE COVERED UP SO BEES REALLY CAN'T EVEN GET TO THEM, BUT THEY POLLINATE THEMSELVES, AND IT'S REALLY HANDY BECAUSE GENETICALLY SPEAKING THE PEANUT SPEED IS TRUE TO THE PLANT.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT PEANUT SEED THAT YOU GROW, PLANT IT, AND IT WILL GROW THE EXACT SAME PEANUT PLANT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

MOST CROPS DON'T DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO BREED THEM TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.

>> THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT THE PEANUT, THE MORE I RESPECT IT.

SO MANY GREAT QUESTIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE WITH OUR AUDIENCE.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION, SO HERE'S YOUR THIRD POP QUIZ.

TAKE A LOOK.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FOODS IS IN THE SAME FOOD GROUP AS THE PEANUT, CEREAL, MILK, CHICKEN OR BROCCOLI?

WHILE YOU'RE CHEWING ON THAT, IT'S TIME TO CONTINUE OUR EXPLORATION, AND LEARN HOW PEANUTS ARE AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY HERE IN GEORGIA AND BEYOND.

>> PEANUTS ARE A BIG BUSINESS IN GEORGIA AND REALLY IMPACTS EVERY ASPECT OF OUR ECONOMY.

JUST LOOKING AT THE FARM GATE VALUE AND THE PRODUCTION VALUE, IT'S OVER A $2 BILLION INDUSTRY.

AND IF YOU ADD IN THE VALUE OF THE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, THE FOOD PROCESSORS, IT'S EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

SO THE PEANUT INDUSTRY IN GEORGIA IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, AND CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN 50,000 JOBS IN GEORGIA, AND WE COME UP WITH NEW WAYS TO UTILIZE PEANUTS, IT'S A NEVER ENDING CYCLE THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AND EXPAND AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF GEORGIA'S ECONOMY.

>> GEORGIA FARMERS PRODUCE AROUND 50% OF ALL THE PEANUTS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT NUMBER DOES FLUCTUATE SOME YEARS, MORE OR LESS.

TRADITIONALLY, GEORGIA PEANUTS ARE GROWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF GEORGIA, SO THERE'S AROUND 76 COUNTIES THAT GROW PEANUTS, AND WE HAVE AROUND 4,500 PEANUT FARMERS ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

THE PEANUT INDUSTRY IN GEORGIA ENCOMPASSES SO MANY JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU DO HAVE THE FARMERS THAT PRODUCE AND GROW THE PEANUTS, AND YOU HAVE THE WORKERS AT THE PEANUT VINE PLANTS WHERE THE FARMERS ACTUALLY SELL THEIR PEANUTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES OF PEANUT SHELLING PLANTS, BLANCHERS, YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE MAKING EQUIPMENT FOR FARMERS TO USE, BUT ALSO FOR SHELLERS, IN ADDITION TO OTHER AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT, AND THEN YOU HAVE FOOD PROCESSORS THAT ARE DEVELOPING ALL THE WONDERFUL FOOD PRODUCTS WE GET FROM PEANUTS AND PEANUT BUTTER.

>> TWO BEST SELLERS, FRIED PEANUTS AND PEANUT BRITTLE AND ICE CREAM THAT HAS THE SECRET INGREDIENT, ONLY LOCAL PEANUTS, AND ALL OF OUR PEANUTS COME FROM LOCAL FARMERS IN GEORGIA.

HE OWNED THE PEANUT WAREHOUSE, BUT THEN WE HAD NO RETAIL OUT IN PLANES THAT SURVIVED PEANUTS, AND I THOUGHT, GOOD TIME TO START ONE, AND NOW WE SELL OUR PRODUCT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, AND WE'VE GOT JOBBERS THAT SELL OUR PRODUCTS IN SIX DIFFERENT STATES, AND OF COURSE EVERY PEANUT WELL SELL IS ONE MORE PEANUT THE FARMERS GOT TO PRODUCE AND SO IT HELPS THE FARMERS OUT AND THE ECONOMY OUT.

>> NOT ONLY ARE PEANUTS IMPORTANT TO GEORGIA'S ECONOMY BY THE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION WITHIN THE U.S., BUT PEANUTS FROM GEORGIA ARE ALSO EXPORTED AROUND THE WORLD, AND SOME OF OUR TOP BUYERS WHERE PEANUTS ARE EXPORTED TO INCLUDE MEXICO, CANADA, THE EUROPEAN UNION AS WELL AS CHINA AND JAPAN.

AND A LOT OF THOSE PEANUTS ARE EXPORTED OUT OF THE PORT OF SAVANNAH.

>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT PEANUTS IS THEY'RE THE RIGHT KIND OF PROTEIN.

THEY'RE EASY TO SHIP AND PROCESS, AND THEY'RE GREAT TO EAT.

THE CHEEPEST WAY TO GET PROTEIN TO A WORLD THAT NEEDS IT.

MANNA, LOOKS LIKE AN OVERSIZED KETCHUP PACK.

IT'S FOR KIDS THAT ARE MALNOURISHED.

WE MAKE IT AT A PLANT IN GEORGIA AND SHIP IT ALL OVER THE WORLD TO FEED KIDS WHO ARE MALNOURISHED.

ONE THING WE DIDN'T EXPECT IS THE IMPACT WE WOULD HAVE ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS IN OUR TOWN.

IT'S A PLEASANT SURPRISE THAT OUR IMPACT THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE FAR OFF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD IS NOT JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD BUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN GEORGIA AND FAMILIES ARE BEING TRANSFORMED AND CHANGED IN GEORGIA TOO.

>> GEORGIA PEANUTS ARE SO POPULAR WITHIN THE STATE, THEY ARE CELEBRATED THROUGH A VARIETY OF PEANUT FESTIVALS.

THE CITY'S PLAIN, SYLVESTER AND BLAKLEY, GEORGIA CELEBRATE GEORGIA'S PEANUTS THROUGH A FESTIVAL EACH YEAR, RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE FARMERS THAT GROW THE DELICIOUS PEANUTS.

>> I DON'T THINK GEORGIA WOULD BE THE STATE SHE IS WITHOUT THE PEANUT INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE.

AND WE KNOW THAT HERE IN PLAINS.

THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE PEANUT FESTIVAL IS TO CELEBRATE OUR PAST.

AND OUR PRESENT.

IT'S TO MAKE THOSE FARMERS KNOW IN OUR AREA IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO.

EVERY ONE OF THOSE STORES WILL BE OPEN, AND THERE ARE SOME OF THESE STORES THAT DURING THE PEANUT FESTIVAL WE CAN GENERATE INCOME THAT IT TAKES THEM A MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS TO DO OTHERWISE.

WE HAD ONE YEAR THEY ESTIMATED ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE CAME THROUGH.

IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ECONOMY IN PLAINS, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

>> WE ALSO HAVE THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PEANUT INDUSTRY BY STUDYING RESEARCH AND LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT FARMERS CAN BE MORE SUSTAINABLE ON THE FARM, AND CONTINUING TO INCREASE THEIR YIELD AND PRODUCTION BUT THEN WE HAVE THOSE LIKE ME THAT'S INVOLVED WITH COMMUNICATIONS THAT HELP EDUCATE FARMERS ABOUT THE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND WAYS THEY CAN IMPROVE THINGS ON THEIR FARM, BUT ALSO PROMOTE PEANUTS TO CONSUMERS AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT ALL THE HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF CONSUMING PEANUTS AND PEANUT BUTTER.

AMERICANS CONSUME ENOUGH PEANUT BUTTER TO COVER THE FLOOR OF THE GRAND CANYON.

PEANUT PRODUCTION IN GEORGIA HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE, AND GEORGIA FARMERS PRODUCE NEARLY HALF OF ALL THE PEANUTS, AND SOMETIMES EVEN MORE THAN HALF OF ALL THE PEANUTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

IN 1995, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN GEORGIA PASSED THE PEANUTS AS GEORGIA'S OFFICIAL STATE CROP, AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WAS THE OVERALL IMPORTANCE TO GEORGIA'S ECONOMY, AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO GROW AS NEW PRODUCTS ARE DEVELOPED AND NEW WAYS TO STRENGTHEN THE OVERALL U.S. PEANUT ECONOMY.

>> SO FAR IN OUR PROGRAM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW PEANUTS BENEFIT THE EARTH, HOW THEY BENEFIT THE ECONOMY, BUT THERE'S ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING WE NEED TO DISCUSS HERE, AND THAT'S EATING.

FINALLY, PEANUTS ARE A SUPER FOOD TO SAY THE LEAST.

HERE WITH ME NOW IS HOLLY THAW A FARM TO SCHOOL SPECIALIST WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

>> HEY, ASHLEY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH US.

TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR ROLE WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

>> AS FARM TO SCHOOL SPECIALIST, I WORK TO SUPPORT FARM TO SCHOOL INITIATIVES THAT CONNECT ALL PARTS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

FARM TO SCHOOL CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND TO CONNECT KNOWLEDGE FROM ALL SUBJECT AREAS AND IN ENGAGING WAYS, AND EXPERIENCE THROUGH THINGS SUCH AS EATING FOODS IN SCHOOL MEALS, WORKING IN SCHOOL GARDENS, AND EVEN PARTICIPATING IN FOOD-BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> AMAZING, YOU SHARE THINGS THAT ARE DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS.

THAT'S A FUN JOB, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SEPTEMBER IS THE OFFICIAL MONTH THAT WE CELEBRATE PEANUTS.

TELL US MORE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, SO THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WE HAVE INITIATIVE WHERE WE HAVE A CALENDAR THAT HIGHLIGHTS AN ITEM EACH MONTH THAT OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO SOURCE LOCALLY TO INCLUDE IN THEIR SCHOOL MEALS DURING THAT TIME NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN OUR STATE.

IN SEPTEMBER, WE CELEBRATE PEANUTS ALONG WITH APPLES.

>> IT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

I'M SURE OUR AUDIENCE WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PEANUT CONSUMPTION.

I CERTAINLY DO.

THIS IS MY FAIFT PART OF THE SHOW.

LET'S SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THEY HAVE FOR YOU.

GRACEN, A STUDENT IN MS. McWHORTER'S CLASS AT BLECKLEY COUNTY ELEMENTARY ASKS, WHAT CAUSES PEANUT ALLERGIES?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAUSES PEANUT ALLERGIES BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS A PEANUT ALLERGY, THEIR BODY, THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM IDENTIFIES THE PROTEIN AS SOMETHING THAT'S HARMFUL.

WE KNOW THERE'S ONGOING RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ALLERGIES AND MAYBE IF WE CAN PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE, WE KNOW FOR NOW THERE'S BEST PRACTICES TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE THAT HAVE ALLERGIES.

>> SO IT'S BASED ON YOUR OWN GENETIC MAKE UP WHICH WE CAN'T PROTECT.

>> LEX NONWANTS TO KNOW HOW MANY PEANUTS DOES IT TAKE TO FILL UP A JAR OF PEANUT BUTTER.

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TOO.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT 540, ALMOST 600 PEANUTS TO FILL UP ONE JAR OF PEANUT BUTTER.

>> SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF PEANUTS.

>> HOLLY, EARLIER IN THE SHOW WE ASKED OUR AUDIENCE THIS QUESTION, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FOODS IS IN THE SAME FOOD GROUP AS PEANUTS.

HERE ARE THE RESPONSES.

WOW, PRETTY DIVIDED THERE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND FINAL ANSWER.

WHAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER, HOLLY, FILL US IN.

>> YOU MIGHT FIRST THINK PEANUTS TO BE IN THE SAME FOOD GROUP AS BROCCOLI, A VEGETABLE, BUT ACTUALLY PEANUTS BELONG TO THE PROTEIN GROUP ALONG WITH CHICKEN BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN PROTINE.

>> HOW INTERESTING.

AND WHAT EXACTLY IS PROTEIN?

>> PROTEIN IS ONE OF THE FIVE BASIC FOOD GROUPS, AND THE MEATS, POULTRY, EGGS AND SEAFOOD ARE ALL ANIMAL SOURCES OF PROTEIN WHILE BEANS, PEAS, LENTILS, NUTS, SEEDS, AND SOY PRODUCTS ARE PLANT SOURCES OF PROTEINS.

PEANUTS ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PLANT-BASED PROTEIN THAT HAS MORE PROTEIN THAN ANY NUT.

>> PEANUTS PACK A PROTEIN PUNCH.

AS THEY SAY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> DO THEY SAY THAT?

SOMEONE SHOULD.

WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.

THIS ONE IS FROM DJ IN MS. FARMER'S THIRD GRADE CLASS.

HE WANTS TO KNOW IF PEANUTS ARE ACTUALLY HEALTHY TO EAT.

>> ACTUALLY, PEANUTS ARE HEALTHY.

IN ADDITION TO PROTEIN, THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL VITAMINS AND MINERALS, ALONG WITH FIBER AND HEALTHY FATS.

SO THE PROTEIN, FIBER AND HEALTHY FATS IN PEANUTS CAN EVEN HELP YOU FEEL MORE SATISFIED FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE EATING YOUR NEXT SNACK OR MEAL.

>> VERY INTERESTING.

WE HAVE A NEW QUESTION, THIS ONE IS FROM JOCELYN AT MYERS ELEMENTARY IN GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW, CAN YOU DO ANY EXPERIMENTS WITH PEANUTS?

>> CAN YOU SEE THE FUTURE?

HOW DOES SHE KNOW.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXCITING EXPERIMENT WITH PEANUTS PLANNED TODAY.

>> WHAT DO WE DO FIRST, HOLLY?

>> SAFETY FIRST.

LET'S PUT ON THESE SAFETY GLASSES.

>> GLAD YOU MENTIONED IT.

>> AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A PEANUT ON A STRETCHED OUT PAPER CLIP, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A CORK SURROUNDED BY FOIL.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A FOOD OR YOU LOOK AT A FOOD YOU CAN'T SEE THE ENERGY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD BUT I'M GOING TO LIGHT -- >> WOW, DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS, WE HAVE A REAL FLAME HERE.

>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LIGHT THIS PEANUT ON FIRE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ALL FOODS HAVE ENERGY.

THAT ENERGY THAT'S BEING PRODUCED THROUGH THE FLAME IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENERGY INSIDE THE PEANUT.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY ENERGY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FOOD OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENERGY, WE KNOW THAT ENERGY IS REQUIRED WHEN WE DO THINGS SUCH AS EXERCISE OR EVERY DAY FUNCTIONS IN TERMS OF EVEN BREATHING.

THE PEANUT BURNED FOR A LONG TIME.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I LIGHT THIS CEREAL PIECE ON FIRE.

>> THERE WE GO.

IT'S GOT A FLAME.

>> IT DOES.

YOU CAN SEE THE PEANUT FLAME IS STILL GOING STRONG AND THE CEREAL FLAME IS JUST GETTING STARTED BUT IT'S GOING TO GO OUT A LOT QUICKER.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT FOODS THEY ALL PROVIDE ENERGY BUT SOME FOODS PROVIDE ENERGY THAT LASTS A LOT LONGER.

IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO INCORPORATE THINGS LIKE PEANUTS IN MEALS AND SNACKS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT BREAKFAST, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE YOU HAD A GRAIN SUCH AS OATMEAL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO STIR IN PEANUT BUTTER TO THAT OATMEAL.

>> IT'S ALREADY OUT.

SO THAT PEANUT BUTTER IN OATMEAL WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL FULL FOR A LONGER TIME.

>> I'M GOING TO PUT THE FLAME OUT BECAUSE WE ARE GUESTS HERE AT THE PETE NUT COMMISSION.

I DON'T WANT TO BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I HAVE A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BURN ENERGY.

WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM MRS. SATCHER, A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AT VARNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DALTON, GEORGIA.

>> ELEPHANTS IN THE WILD DO NOT CONSUME PEANUT.

>> MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE.

>> BUT WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ELEPHANTS IT IS TRUE THEY HAVE A GREAT MEMORY, SO ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET SO WHAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT PEANUTS, LIKE ELEPHANTS DON'T FORGET THAT PEANUTS ARE A HEALTHY OPTION.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, YOU READY, NILA ASKED WHICH STATE LOVES PEANUTS MORE, THIS IS EASY.

>> I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY.

>> IN A WORD, GEORGIA.

>> OBVIOUSLY.

>> HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU, BLAKE FROM LARRY FAMILY HOME SCHOOL IN FLOYD, NEW YORK, WANTS TO KNOW HOW PEANUT BUTTER IS MADE.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION AS WELL.

YOU MIGHT THINK WITH THE WORD PEANUT BUTTER THAT PEANUT BUTTER HAS BUTTER IN IT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT CORRECT.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO MAKE.

IT'S EASY, YOU CAN DO IT AT HOME, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDED LIKE BUTTER IN IT.

INSTEAD THAT CREAMY TEXTURE COMES FROM THE OILS INSIDE PEANUTS.

>> FABULOUS.

>> I THINK YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW US WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND IN TRUE TV FASHION WE HAVE DONE THIS AHEAD OF TIME.

SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY, SO WE HAVE ABOUT TWO CUPS OF PEANUTS MEASURED OUT HERE, AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS THAT YOU WOULD TAKE JUST PLAIN PEANUTS AND ADD IT TO A FOOD PROCESSER.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE FLAVOR, YOU COULD ADD HONEY OR A LITTLE BIT OF SALT TO BOOST THE FLAVOR.

>> TOTALLY OPTIONAL.

>> ABSOLUTELY OPTIONAL.

THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT IT.

NOW WHEN YOU ADD THIS INTO YOUR FOOD PROCESSER, YOU'LL ALLOW IT TO PROCESS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, AND THEN AFTER A MINUTE YOU'LL SEE IT STARTS TO GET SORT OF A POWDERY TEXTURE.

>> I SEE THAT AT THE BOTTOM.

>> AND IF YOU ALLOW IT TO PROCESS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, THE OILS WILL START TO CREATE THE CREAMY TEXTURE WE'RE USED TO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER.

>> I WANT TO DIP A FORK RIGHT IN THERE.

>> OR MAYBE AN APPLE.

EVEN HEALTHIER.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE, HOLLY.

BEFORE YOU GOT, I GOT TO ASK, READY, TEAM CREAMY OR CRUNCHY.

>> I NORMALLY BUY CREAMY OPTIONS AT HOME BECAUSE OF MY YOUNG GIRLS, BUT PERSONALLY TEAM CRUNCHY.

>> RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER, GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR DEVICES OUT BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THE QUESTION HERE IT IS PEANUT BUTTER HAS SOMETIMES BEEN USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING, SHAVING CREAM?

SUNSCREEN?

MORTAR?

TOOTH PASTE?

THOSE ARE SOME INTERESTING CHOICES WOEF WE'VE SEEN IN THE ENTIRE SHOW.

THERE ARE SO MANY USES FOR PEANUTS, AND THAT IS WORTH CELEBRATE.

CHECK OUT HOW WE CELEBRATE AND PARTY FOR PEANUTS HERE IN GEORGIA.

>> WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT PRESIDENT CARTER DID, HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT ON THE BASIS THAT HE WAS A PEANUT FARMER FROM SOUTH GEORGIA, AND THAT HE ROSE TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HE RAN ON THAT PREMISE THAT ANYBODY CAN BECOME PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE THAT.

PLAINS HAS TO CELEBRATE THAT.

PLAINS IS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE TINY TOWNS THAT MAKE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO AND IT'S OKAY TO BE FROM SOUTH GEORGIA, AND IT'S OKAY TO PULL PEANUTS OUT OF A FIELD.

IT'S OKAY TO CELEBRATE WHAT MAKES US GREAT.

THE FESTIVAL BEGAN MANY MANY YEARS AGO.

TODAY IT IS A MYRIAD OF THINGS.

WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS BEHIND THIS ROW OF BUILDINGS, YOU CAN GO FROM TABLE TO TABLE TO TABLE, AND ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT RELATED TO THE PEANUT, YOU CAN GET THERE.

WE HAVE A ROAD RACE, SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND RUN OUR ROAD RACE AND EARN POINTS FOR THE PEACH TREE ROAD RACE.

WE HAVE A POSTCARD CONTEST, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

WE HAVE A BIG PARADE.

ALL DAY LONG WE'LL HAVE CRAFT CENTERS IN THE PARK.

WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN.

MR. PEANUT HAS ALWAYS COME IN THE PAST.

THE PEANUT MOBILE HAS BEEN HERE.

IN SEPTEMBER, THE PEANUT INDUSTRY IS IN FULL SWING.

SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THE FESTIVAL, YOU'VE GOT THOSE RED TRAILERS GOING DOWN THE ROW FULL OF PEANUTS.

IT'S JUST A DAY OF CELEBRATION, AND AS IT IS A DAY WORN OUT, BUT IT'S A GOOD KIND OF BEING WORN OUT.

SO WE CELEBRATE BEE PEANUTS ALL DAY LONG.

WE HONOR MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE PEANUT WORLD TO LET THEM KNOW WE KNOW WITHOUT THEM WE'D BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO BE WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.

AND ONE OF THE MVP'S MOST VALUABLE PEANUT FARMERS CELEBRATED IN CEMENT IS OUR FRIEND BARBARA DONALD, BACK MY POPULAR DEMAND.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT ATTENDING THE PEANUT FESTIVAL.

>> I ENJOY THE BIKE RIDE TO THE FESTIVAL.

SHOUT OUT TO SUMPTER.

>> ESPECIALLY WITH THE POSSIBLE CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS OF JIMMY CARTER AND FIRST LADY ROSALYNN CARTER.

PEANUT BUTTER HAS SOMETIMES BEEN USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOW, AND HERE ARE OUR RESULTS, DONALD, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

WOW, THERE THEY ARE, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVIDES, I NEVER BEEN MORE CURIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING IN MY BELIEVE.

WHAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER.

>> THE RIGHT ANSWER IS SHAVING CREAM, AND THAT USES THE CREAMY KIND, NOT THE CRUNCHY KIND.

>> THAT SEEMS A LITTLE DANGEROUS, >> I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH TRADITIONAL SHAVING CREAM, BUT GOOD TO KNOW IF I'M EVER IN A BIND.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS COME IN, SO LET'S SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW, AUDIENCE.

ANIAH ASKS HOW MANY PEANUTS CAN YOU HARVEST EACH YEAR?

>> WELL, WE DO HAVE THE LIMITS FACTOR WOULD BE WEATHER SO YOU NEED TO GET THEM HARVESTED BEFORE IT GETS TOO COLD, AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEIR FULLY MATURE.

ON OUR FARM WE HARVEST ABOUT 35 ACRES A DAY OR ABOUT 100 TONS A DAY.

>> 100 TONS A DAY, THAT'S AMAZING.

>> CHRIS FROM TIP COUNTY, GEORGIA, RIGHT HERE, IS HE IN THE BUILDING, AS HOW DOES ONE KNOW WHEN PEANUTS ARE GOOD FOR CONSUMPTION, WHEN ARE THEY READY TO EAT?

>> WELL, AFTER THAT POD MATURES A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN START TO EAT THEM AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD WHEN THEY'RE KIND OF IMMATURE FOR BOILING.

REALLY, WE WANT THEM FOR OTHER USES TO BE A LITTLE MORE MATURE, SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT AS FARMERS.

>> OKAY.

FOR TASTE, RIGHT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT TASTE!

WELL, MS. HENMAN'S STUDENTS AT NORTH DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASK, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR PEANUTS TO GROW?

>> PEANUTS ARE USUALLY 140 DAYS, MOST OF THE VARIETIES THAT WE HAVE HERE, SO IT'S A LONGER GROWING SEASON AND THEY NEED TO BE PLANTED WHEN THE SOIL TEMPS ARE ABOUT 70 DEGREES.

>> RIGHT.

ZAVION WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S HARD TO GROW PEANUTS.

>> IT'S NOT HARD TO GROW PEANUTS.

THEY'LL GROW MOST ANYWHERE.

YOU DO HAVE TO DO SOME MANAGEMENT, AND WE ALSO IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE WOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THEM OUT OF THE GROUND.

>> YOU DESCRIBED IT AS AN ART AND A SCIENCE, WHICH I THINK BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURES IT.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, THIS IS KANAAN, A THIRD GRADER IN MS. SHIRLEY'S CLASS, HE WOULD LIKE TOO IF PEANUTS ARE SOLD BASED ON WEIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE SELL THEM BY THE TON, WHICH IS 2,000 POUND, AND IT'S GRADE FACTORS DETERMINE THE VALUE OF THAT TON OF PEANUTS.

>> OKAY.

AND WE HAVE THIS QUESTION FROM DARIAN, AN 8th GRADER IN MR. MILLER'S CLASS.

HOW BIG CAN A PEANUT GET?

GIANT.

>> WELL, THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES, THE VIRGINIA PEANUT CAN GET PROBABLY AN INCH AND A HALF.

THEY'RE LARGER.

OUR RUNNERS DON'T TYPICALLY GET THAT SIZE, BUT THEY'RE VARYING VARIETIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT SIZE PEANUTS.

>> MRS. LUNDY'S 5th GRADE CLASS WANTS TO KNOW IF PEANUTS ARE ALSO YELLOW WHEN THEY FIRST GROW OR JUST THE FLOWERS THAT ARE YELLOW.

>> JUST THE FLOWERS.

>> JUST THE FLOWERS.

OKAY.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE TODAY.

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