OUR STATE’S PEANUT INDUSTRY. YEAH, WE’RE OUT HERE IN PORTALES, FAR EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT PEANUTS. FUN FACT FOR YOU. A PEANUT IS NOT ACTUALLY A NUT. IT’S A LAKE. YOU SO THOUGH ITS MAKEUP RESEMBLES MOST NUTS, THESE ARE GROWN IN THE GROUND, NOT ON A TREE. FROM THERE, THEY COME HERE. HAMPTON FARMS PROCESSING CENTER IN PORTALES, WHERE THEY ROAST SALT SEASONAL AFTER COPING IT, OUR ROASTED PRODUCT HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY THE MACHINES AND WORKERS HAVE TO MOVE FAST. THERE’S A LOT TO GET THEY PROCESS ABOUT £2.2 MILLION OF PEANUTS A MONTH AND THEY STILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME MEETING DEMAND THE ORDERS FOR PEANUTS HAVE INCREASED BUT THE HARVEST HAS DECREASED BECAUSE WE ARE LACKING RAIN. THE FIRST PEANUTS IN THIS REGION WERE HARVESTED IN 1914. IT’S NOW A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY HERE IN THE LATE SIXTIES, FARMERS SWITCHED TO A NEW VARIETY. THE VALENCIA PEANUT, WHICH WHAT PORTALES IS KNOWN FOR. THEY ARE A SWEETER TASTING PEANUT. AND THERE’S USUALLY THREE KERNELS TO SHOW AND THEY HAVE A RED SKIN TO IT. THE SWEETNESS MAKES THEM PERFECT FOR NATURAL PEANUT BUTTERS. IF YOU EAT COSTCO’S KIRKLAND BRAND GOOD CHANCE THE PEANUTS INSIDE CAME FROM THIS REGION, DO YOU GET SICK OF THEM ARE YOU STILL NO KNOW I LOVE THE SMELL OF THEM IT’S A TREAT TO BE AROUND. I’M TO