Peanut Field

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A peanut field in Stewart County is watered by a center-pivot irrigation system. In Georgia approximately 10,000 center-pivot systems, primarily found in the Dougherty Plain of the Flint River, are used to irrigate a variety of crops.

Courtesy of Matthew M. Moye

Peanut Field

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