The peanut harvest at the MU Fisher Delta Research Center in Portageville is part of a research project to improve peanut production in the state. Missouri has become a major producer of peanuts for seed, peanut butter and candy. Photo courtesy of Justin Calhoun.
Most of state’s crop goes to candy, peanut butter. Portageville, Missouri – Missouri farmers may have grown the peanuts that you enjoy in holiday candies…