The green cover crop will be plowed under. The bright green growth now covering the peanut field was planted after harvest, but it hasn't grown as well as usual. A mist, mixed with an occasional drop or two of light rain, hangs in the air as Ralph looks across the terraced field. If this field was like usual, you couldn't drive a tractor out in the middle because it would bog down. I can drive all over it right now.
Weather is a factor peanut farmers face each year when they plant, tend and harvest their crops.
Ralph, wearing overalls and sunglasses, sits on the wheel of the tractor studying the field as he talks about the role weather plays in a farmer's success. He pauses to point out a fox squirrel sitting up tall in the middle of a distant terrace. Smiling, hands in his pockets, he watches the creature survey the area looking for predators. Like many farmers, Ralph feels a strong connection with nature, with the natural world he lives in and depends on for his living. If he doesn't see a cat or a dog or a hawk, he'll go find himself a peanut.