Peanuts: rain, cool weather slowing Argentina crop

Heavy rains and cooler weather are having an effect on Argentina’s peanut crop, Andres H. "Hari" Georgalos with Georgalos Peanut World reported today. “The rain registrations were heavy and helped to maintain the soil almost saturated, with high and permanent humidity on the top soil,” Georgalos said in an email brief. “The temperatures started to be like in Autumn. These climatic conditions are having an influence on the maturation processes of the peanut kernels and also on the evolution of some diseases. The decrease of the temperatures’ average started to delay the maturation processes.”