“The Carolina African peanut is so tiny that when it runs through a shelling machine, only about 70% will make it into a pile of good seed, then the sheller has to throw the rest out,” Ward said.
(in this case the remainder isn't thrown out, but hand shelled).
Obviously that shelling machine is designed to process bigger peanuts. Would it be difficult to re-design it (or make adaptable) to handle smaller ones?
That would seem inevitable if this peanut becomes more popular. Hand shelling 30% of a peanut harvest, in 2024? Come on...