Posted DateSept. 20, 2012
From 1995 to 2002, the U.S. federal support price for peanuts decreased 47% forcing farmers to grow other crops and reducing peanut acreage in Virginia from more than 100,000 ha in 1995 to 12,000 ha in 2010. One way farmers maintain profitability is to grow Virginia-type peanuts which receive a prem...
federal support price
farmers maintain profitability
exceptionally high content
green boiling products
larger peanuts needed