Sumter County Extension Coordinator, Bill Starr, updated the Georgia Peanut Tour group on the peanut crop in Sumter County. The county is unique in that most of the peanuts are grown for seed. Farmers in Sumter County planted 10,000 acres of peanuts this year with an estimate of around 3800 pounds average per acre. Approximately 75% are irrigated and Starr says that the overall peanut crop looks really good although farmers have faced troublesome productions issues this year with white mold and pigweeds. Other crops grown in the county are cotton, corn, and green beans. In fact, Sumter County is the Green Bean Capital of Georgia, with approximately 2,000 acres of green beans or snap beans grown.
