Donghai Peanuts

Donghai Peanuts

　　Donghai Peanuts

　　Peanut cultivation in Donghai County has a long history. According to the *Donghai County Annals*, peanuts were grown here as early as before 1949, with many local varieties. After Donghai County was designated as a peanut production base by Jiangsu Province in 1978, the planting area expanded rapidly. By 1982, it had reached 324,700 mu, and by 1986, it had grown to 396,800 mu, accounting for one-fifth of the peanut cultivation area in Jiangsu Province. In the years that followed, with continuous adjustments to the cropping structure, the peanut planting area in Donghai steadily expanded, and yields per mu continued to increase, gradually forming a planting layout dominated by high-quality varieties such as Fenghua No. 1 and Huayu No. 16. The total planting area in the county is around 250,000 mu, with an annual output of approximately 75,000 metric tons and an annual output value of about 450 million yuan. The product is well loved by people both at home and abroad, earning the county the reputation of being the top peanut-growing county in northern Jiangsu.