Hello jjj and thank you for your question.
The answer is, in 2002 550,000 acres (five hundred and fifty thousand)
of peanuts were planted in Georgia.
"Peanuts: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States,
2001-2002"
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: Area Planted : Area
Harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2001 : 2002 : 2001 :
2002 1/
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: 1,000 Acres
:
AL : 200.0 200.0 199.0
199.0
FL : 90.0 100.0 82.0
92.0
GA : 515.0 550.0 514.0
548.0
NM : 22.2 23.0 22.2
23.0
NC : 123.0 100.0 122.5
100.0
OK : 80.0 70.0 77.0
65.0
SC : 11.0 11.0 10.2
10.5
TX : 425.0 350.0 310.0
310.0
VA : 75.0 65.0 75.0
65.0
:
US : 1,541.2 1,469.0 1,411.9
1,412.5
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1/ Forecasted."
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/field/pcp-bba/acrg0602.txt
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Also from 1998:
"The peanut crop is Georgia's official state crop.
Georgia is the largest producer of peanuts, producing 41% of the U.S.
crop.
Georgia farmers have planted 520,000 acres of peanuts this year.
More than 70 Georgia counties produced 1,535,350,000 pounds of peanuts
in 1998.
Georgia has 14,733 peanut farms.
Georgia is home of three peanut festivals each year: the Brooklet
Peanut Festival in August, the Plains Peanut Festival in September,
and the Sylvester Peanut Festival in October.
Georgia's 5 Largest Peanut Producing Counties (1998)
Early 82 million pounds
Miller 76 million pounds
Worth 72 million pounds
Mitchell 70 million pounds
Decatur 69 million pounds"
http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com/howmade/gacom.html
Thank you for your question, and if you have any queries regarding my
answer do not hesitate to ask for clarification.
Very best regards
THX1138
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