<p>Peanut combines will be moving across Southwest peanut fields over the next few weeks.</p>
As September gives way to October and hints of cooler weather come with dawn and dusk, folks in peanut country begin to notice an earthy aroma as farmers begin to turn up the crop, invert the plants so the sun can begin the process of drying them down. In a few days combines will scoop up the vines, thresh the kernels from and convey them to the hopper box, shoot the debris out the back, leaving a cloud of dust and that tell-tale odor of clean soil.
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