Until fairly recently, the total South African peanut industry was controlled by the RSA Peanut PlantOilseeds Board. Due to food shortages after the 2nd World War, the South African Government launched a campaign to stimulate the production of Groundnuts. The state provided farmers with loans under "interesting conditions". This enabled farmers to purchase seeds and to plant a crop, which in turn they would be able to sell again at guaranteed prices. This single marketing system thus ensured complete control by the RSA Oilseeds Board. 

Argentina has an abundance of land suitable for production of peanuts, with a high soil fertility that generally requires no fertilizers to produce large and good crops. Most of the peanut planting and production however, is concentrated in the areas: Province of Cordoba and General Deheza, jointly forming the Argentine peanut belt. Besides peanuts, most of the Argentine farmers also have the possibility to grow Corn and Soybeans. Argentina usually plants its peanut crop around October.