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Peanuts were selected as the official state crop by the General Assembly in 1995. Nearly 50 percent of the total U.S. peanut crop is harvested in Georgia, which leads the nation in peanut exports.

Courtesy of Explore Georgia, Photograph by Ralph Daniel.

Peanuts

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