Navigating A Rainy Season:Good decisions and good fortune will hopefully bring outstanding yields for South Georgia farmer Ryne Powers.

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It's been a wet year in Baxley, Georgia, as it has in much of the Southern peanut belt. Not needing to spend the money on irrigation is a good thing. However, not being able to get into the field in a timely manner to spray fungicides for protection against disease is a recipe for disaster.For producer Ryne Powers, that is what he faced in 2021 but not the way it started."We planted timely, and they came up really well. The first week or two conditions were good, and then we had a dry spell."Powers says the Odum Powers Farm is a diversified operation with 1,700 acres of row crops and also chicken houses."We have about 400 acres of peanuts, 700 acres of cotton, and the rest is in corn and beans."