![There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/727/PeanutDugUndug(Small).jpg)
Farm bill
The recent vote by the U.S. House of Representatives Agricultural Committee to approve a five-year, $500 billion farm bill has encouraged Georgia peanut growers and given them hope that some legislation will be decided on this year.