The area under peanut production also remained stable, although kilograms-per-hectare yields declined slightly.

Although considerable efforts were made to commercialize peanut production, most efforts failed.

As of 1982, Comanche was ranked second in Texas, with a peanut production of more than 45,546,000 pounds.

In the last two decades, peanut production has dropped dramatically.

There followed a period of commercial expansion as peanut production in Cayor boomed.

When peanut production decreased, the dairy industry took over.

Although peanut production remains a mainstay of the agricultural sector, cotton is gaining in importance.

That keeps peanut production low and prices high.

In recent years, the reported average annual peanut production lies around 828,000 tons (95% for oil).

During the 1980s, peanut production began to increase so greatly that as of 2006, China was the world's largest peanut producer.