Farmers across Texas and in other peanut-producing states have been reducing their environmental footprint by using less water on their crops.“Over the years, peanut production has focused on the amount of water usage. One of the main drivers of that is the Ogallala Aquifer in West Texas is decreasing very rapidly. So, growers are increasingly facing the prospect of growing peanuts on less water in any given year,” said Johnny Cason, a peanut plant breeder with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Stephenville.According to the National Peanut Board, farmers are now using an average of 3.2 gallons of water to ...