The peanut harvest has begun in Gercüş district, Batman, becoming the favorite crop of farmers.
Farmers in Gercüş district center and villages, who have turned their fields into peanut gardens, are harvesting the peanut trees that they have worked on throughout the year. Peanut producers go to the gardens early in the morning to collect the peanuts, then bring them to the peanut plant and sort them. Thanks to the newly established machine in the district, peanut producers are also relieved. In the newly established peanut plant, the peanuts are separated from their shells and sorted.
Expressing that they have started the peanut harvest, Edip Turgut said, "In Gercüş district, peanut harvest begins in the 9th month. Generally, we go to the peanut gardens early in the morning to collect our peanuts, then we pass them through the machine at the newly opened plant. In this plant, the peanuts are separated from their shells and then we take them home and wash them. After washing, we spread them on the cloth to dry. After drying, we start sorting. After sorting, we collect them..."