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Drought hits cotton and peanut crops
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ATLANTA (AP) — The continuing drought is making it difficult for Georgia farmers to plant two iconic Southern crops — peanuts and cotton. A U.S. Department of Agriculture report this week shows roughly 77 percent of the state's cotton crop has been planted. That figure stands at nearly 80 percent for the state's peanut crop.
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