Peanut Stocks
and Processing
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
 
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released April 30, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For information on "Peanut Stocks and Processing" call Herman Ellison at
(202) 720-7688, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Stocks estimates
refer to March 31, 1999; all other data are for the month of March.
 
 
 
 
                   Peanut Stocks Up From Last Year
 
Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 2.74 billion pounds of
equivalent farmer stock, up from last year. This total includes 1.49
billion pounds of actual farmer stock.
 
Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 1.19 billion pounds of equivalent farmer
stock. Roasting stock totaled 59.3 million pounds. There were 164
million pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on
hand as of March 31, 1999.
 
Shelled peanut stocks totaled 894 million pounds of which 874 million
pounds were edible grades and 20.4 million pounds were oil stocks.
Edible grade stocks by type were: Virginias, 167 million pounds;
Runners, 669 million pounds; and Spanish, 37.0 million pounds.
 
March millings totaled 403 million pounds. Millings by type were 71.6
million pounds of Virginias, 330 million pounds of Runners, and 1.81
million pounds of Spanish.
 
Commercial processors utilized 157 million pounds of shelled edible
grade peanuts during March. Utilization for all peanut butter products
was 65.9 million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 32.4 million
pounds, and utilization for snack peanuts was 29.6 million pounds.
Crushing for oil, cake, and meal totaled 27.9 million pounds during the
month.
 
Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition
Programs amounted to 320,640 pounds of peanut butter, and 172,584 pounds
of roasted peanuts during March. There were no deliveries of peanut
granules during the month.
 
Stocks of treated seed on hand March 31, totaled 10.7 million pounds,
compared with 1.66 million pounds on February 28, 1999. Of the March
total, 5.33 million pounds were Virginias and Valencias, 5.13 million
pounds were Runners, and 277,000 pounds were Spanish. February stocks of
treated seed included 936,000 pounds of Virginias and Valencias, 592,000
pounds of Runners, and 133,000 pounds of Spanish.
 
 
 
 
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 *This report contains revisions for August 1998 through December 1998.*
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Gr Lg 6 (4-99)
 
       Table 1.  Stocks of Peanuts and Specified Products at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1998-99 1/ 20/
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             :            :            :            : Farmer Stock Equivalent
  Month      :   Farmer   :  Shelled   :  Roasting  :--------------------------
  Ending     :   Stock    :  Peanuts   :   Stock    :   Shelled   :  Total
             :            :    2/      : (In Shell) :   Peanuts   :    3/
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             :                          1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :       9,250      482,220       18,330      641,353      668,933
Sep          :     565,292      330,692       12,153      439,820    1,017,265
Oct          :   2,528,996      408,890       23,656      543,824    3,096,476
Nov          :   2,779,385      477,446       35,514      635,003    3,449,902
Dec          :   2,542,403      576,400       38,900      766,612    3,347,915
             :
Jan 1999     :   2,245,870      691,163       48,065      919,247    3,213,182
Feb          :   1,902,930      774,274       51,036    1,029,784    2,983,750
Mar          :   1,486,638      894,313       59,332    1,189,436    2,735,406
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     833,466      639,674       48,642      850,766    1,732,874
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See footnotes on page 8.
 
 
 
 
 
       Table 2.  Farmer Stock Peanuts, by Types, on Hand at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1998-99 1/ 20/
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             :         :         :         Spanish (by Areas)        :
  Month      :         :         :-----------------------------------:  Total
  Ending     :Virginias: Runners :Virginia:       :        :         :   All
             :         :         :  North : South :  South :  Total  :  Types
             :         :         :Carolina: East  :  West  :         :
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             :                           1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :   3,588      5,662      0        0         0        0      9,250
Sep          :  41,774    522,616      0       12       890      902    565,292
Oct          : 403,842  2,096,960      0      122    28,072   28,194  2,528,996
Nov          : 430,896  2,314,887      0      122    33,480   33,602  2,779,385
Dec          : 378,987  2,148,609      0      122    14,685   14,807  2,542,403
             :
Jan 1999     : 340,752  1,894,709      0      122    10,287   10,409  2,245,870
Feb          : 289,306  1,610,033      0      122     3,469    3,591  1,902,930
Mar          : 228,918  1,255,939      0      122     1,659    1,781  1,486,638
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 138,440    683,638      0        0    11,388   11,388    833,466
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See footnotes on page 8.
 
          Table 3.  Total Farmer Stock Peanuts on Hand at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1998-99 1/ 20/
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             :             :             Commercial Stocks        : Equivalent
  Month      :     CCC     :---------------------------------------------------
  Ending     : Uncommitted : Restricted  :    Other     :         :Total Farmer
             :   Stocks    :   Use 17/   :  Commercial  :  Total  :   Stock
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             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :         0          16/          16/          9,250       9,250
Sep          :    18,844          16/          16/         546,448     565,292
Oct          :   101,644          16/          16/       2,427,352   2,528,996
Nov          :   266,319          16/          16/       2,513,066   2,779,385
Dec          :   292,328          16/          16/       2,250,075   2,542,403
             :
Jan 1999     :   309,023          16/          16/       1,936,847   2,245,870
Feb          :   292,424          16/          16/       1,610,506   1,902,930
Mar          :   163,820          16/          16/       1,322,818   1,486,638
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :         0          16/          16/         833,466     833,466
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See footnotes on page 8.
 
 
 
 
 
   Table 4.  Shelled Peanuts and Roasting Stock (In Shell) on Hand at Month's
                             End, Crop of 1998-99 1/ 20/
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             :           Shelled Edibles 19/      : Shelled :        :
  Month      :------------------------------------:   Oil   :  Total :Roasting
  Ending     :Virginias: Runners :Spanish : Total :Stocks 4/: Shelled:Stocks 5/
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             :                           1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :  72,501   370,559   29,794   472,854    9,366  482,220   18,330
Sep          :  51,773   248,118   22,388   322,279    8,413  330,692   12,153
Oct          :  84,191   278,959   24,947   388,097   20,793  408,890   23,656
Nov          : 111,037   319,804   27,299   458,140   19,306  477,446   35,514
Dec          : 132,064   382,541   38,335   552,940   23,460  576,400   38,900
             :
Jan 1999     : 149,818   466,558   52,526   668,902   22,261  691,163   48,065
Feb          : 161,204   554,720   39,222   755,146   19,128  774,274   51,036
Mar          : 167,380   669,476   37,020   873,876   20,437  894,313   59,332
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 121,343   447,207   50,897   619,447   20,227  639,674   48,642
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See footnotes on page 8.
 
         Table 5.  Farmer Stock Peanuts Milled (Net Weight), by Months,
                               Crop of 1998-99 18/ 20/
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          :         :         :         Spanish (by Areas)          :
          :         :         :-------------------------------------:   Total
 Month    :Virginias: Runners :Virginia:        :         :         :    All
 Ending   :         :         :  North :  South :  South  :  Total  :   Types
          :         :         :Carolina:  East  :  West   :         :
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          :                            1,000 Pounds
          :
Aug 1998  :   3,486     15,438    0         0           0         0     18,924
Sep       :  20,356     91,328    0         0         890       890    112,574
Oct       : 144,576    319,556    0         0      17,712    17,712    481,844
Nov       : 104,354    259,604    0         0      13,584    13,584    377,542
Dec       :  86,694    237,642    0         0      23,794    23,794    348,130
          :
Jan 1999  :  80,370    266,376    0         0       4,540     4,540    351,286
Feb       :  62,126    271,082    0         0       6,796     6,796    340,004
Mar       :  71,574    329,952    0         0       1,810     1,810    403,336
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  73,778    245,368    0         0      22,546    22,546    341,692
          :
Seas Total: 573,536  1,790,978    0         0      69,126    69,126  2,433,640
          :
97 To Date: 505,700  1,452,188    0         0     118,942   118,942  2,076,830
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     Table 6.  Production of Shelled and Roasting Stock (In Shell) Peanuts,
                        by Months, Crop of 1998-99 20/
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          :           Shelled Edibles 18/       : Shelled :         :
  Month   :-------------------------------------:   Oil   :  Total  :Roasting
  Ending  :Virginias: Runners :Spanish:  Total  :Stocks 4/: Shelled :Stocks 5/
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          :                          1,000 Pounds
          :
Aug 1998  :     461    10,232       0     10,693     3,196     13,889      880
Sep       :   6,515    40,632     624     47,771    10,512     58,283    6,114
Oct       :  54,297   205,682  11,190    271,169    26,217    297,386   52,418
Nov       :  45,911   183,603   9,193    238,707    23,032    261,739   32,181
Dec       :  41,217   175,435  15,681    232,333    19,320    251,653   23,225
          :
Jan 1999  :  35,074   202,186   3,010    240,270    26,768    267,038   27,812
Feb       :  29,436   193,174   3,933    226,543    28,561    255,104   17,075
Mar       :  31,198   227,901   1,442    260,541    28,611    289,152   23,145
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  33,510   156,083  14,260    203,853    44,420    248,273   21,835
          :
Seas Total: 244,109 1,238,845  45,073  1,528,027   166,217  1,694,244  182,850
          :
97 To Date: 197,326   969,671  79,054  1,246,051   177,052  1,423,103  176,788
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See footnotes on page 8.
     Table 7.  Shelled Peanuts Crushed, Production and Stocks of Peanut Oil
                and Cake and Meal, by Months, Crop of 1998-99 7/
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             : Shelled  :        Production        :   Stocks (End of Period)
  Month      : Peanuts  :------------------------------------------------------
  Ending     :Crushed 8/:  Crude Oil : Cake & Meal :Crude Oil 7/:Cake & Meal 7/
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             :                            1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :    13,711      5,640        7,138       28,597       21,245
Sep          :    11,010      4,803        6,193       19,508       23,901
Oct          :    14,647      6,346        8,300       15,321       10,551
Nov          :    28,244     11,329       16,829       10,425       11,534
Dec          :    32,428     13,344       19,085        9,375        8,398
             :
Jan 1999     :    37,462     16,193       21,269       12,147        9,368
Feb          :    38,156     16,468       20,721       13,053        6,445
Mar          :    27,940     11,459       15,299       10,550        6,380
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :    48,602     20,806       27,601       18,505       23,518
             :
Seas Total   :   203,598     85,582      114,834         --           --
             :
97 To Date   :   260,474    111,782      144,061         --           --
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     Table 8.  Apparent Disappearance of Milled Peanut Products, by Months,
                              Crop of 1998-99 9/ 20/
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             :         Shelled Peanuts         :          :         :
  Month      :---------------------------------: Roasting : Crude   : Cake &
  Ending     :  Edible  :   Oil    :           :  Stock   : Peanut  :  Meal
             :  Grades  :  Stocks  :   Total   :          : Oil 7/  :   7/
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             :                            1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :   118,209     7,921     126,130     13,118     6,340      9,897
Sep          :   198,346    11,465     209,811     12,291    13,892      3,537
Oct          :   205,351    13,837     219,188     40,915    10,533     21,650
Nov          :   168,664    24,519     193,183     20,323    16,225     15,846
Dec          :   137,533    15,166     152,699     19,839    14,394     22,221
             :
Jan 1999     :   124,308    27,967     152,275     18,647    13,421     20,299
Feb          :   140,299    31,694     171,993     14,104    15,562     23,644
Mar          :   141,811    27,302     169,113     14,849    13,962     15,364
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   135,246    44,510     179,756     21,552    15,327     33,447
             :
Seas Total   : 1,234,521   159,871   1,394,392    154,086   104,329    132,458
             :
97 To Date   : 1,125,558   197,825   1,323,383    181,917   116,213    128,834
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See footnotes on page 8.
     Table 9.  Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
               And in Shell Peanuts, by Months, Crop of 1998-99 6/
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             :        Edible Grades Used In 19/             :         :
             :----------------------------------------------:         :
  Month      :         :       :          :        :        :  Total  :
  Ending     : Peanut  : Snack :  Peanut  : Other  :        :   All   :In Shell
             : Candy   :Peanuts:  Butter  :Products:  Total :  Grades : Peanuts
             :  11/    :  10/  :    12/   :        :        :   13/   :   14/
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             :                           1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :  33,491   28,391   66,918     3,083   131,883   145,594   12,235
Sep          :  36,898   35,334   63,289     2,939   138,460   149,470   13,398
Oct          :  46,349   32,569   65,906     2,544   147,368   162,015   15,377
Nov          :  28,671   31,865   57,457     1,756   119,749   147,993   12,801
Dec          :  22,553   31,540   60,503     1,296   115,892   148,320   12,394
             :
Jan 1999     :  30,795   23,277   57,257     1,185   112,514   149,976   14,864
Feb          :  27,573   19,265   61,744     1,441   110,023   148,179    8,794
Mar          :  32,403   29,614   65,907     1,412   129,336   157,276   10,856
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  30,484   22,840   59,405     2,974   115,703   164,305   12,068
             :
Seas Total   : 258,733  231,855  498,981    15,656 1,005,225 1,208,823  100,719
             :
97 To Date   : 234,050  206,342  516,243    23,231   979,866 1,240,340  101,584
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   Table 10.  Virginias Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1998-99 15/
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             :                        Edible Grades Used In 19/
             :-----------------------------------------------------------------
   Month     :             :            :          :            :
   Ending    :   Peanut    :   Snack    :  Peanut  :   Other    :
             :   Candy     :  Peanuts   :  Butter  :  Products  :   Total
             :    11/      :    10/     :   12/    :            :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :      3,459       6,426       4,118          115      14,118
Sep          :      2,502       9,744       4,949          664      17,859
Oct          :      7,422       6,685       5,987          775      20,869
Nov          :      3,009       7,746       5,068          121      15,944
Dec          :      2,133       8,187       3,556           72      13,948
             :
Jan 1999     :      1,449       6,823       5,049           96      13,417
Feb          :      2,598       5,677       5,787          272      14,334
Mar          :      2,664      10,597       6,178          494      19,933
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      2,503       5,247       5,436        1,909      15,095
             :
Seas Total   :     25,236      61,885      40,692        2,609     130,422
             :
97 To Date   :     16,557      57,075      40,400       10,998     125,030
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See footnotes on page 8.
 
    Table 11.  Runners Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1998-99 15/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                        Edible Grades Used In 19/
             :-----------------------------------------------------------------
   Month     :             :           :           :              :
   Ending    :   Peanut    :   Snack   :   Peanut  :    Other     :
             :   Candy     :  Peanuts  :   Butter  :   Products   :  Total
             :    11/      :    10/    :     12/   :              :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :     28,189      20,441      61,106         2,921     112,657
Sep          :     31,968      24,249      56,100         2,175     114,492
Oct          :     37,219      23,966      58,538         1,670     121,393
Nov          :     23,962      21,921      50,473         1,569      97,925
Dec          :     18,927      21,581      54,804         1,125      96,437
             :
Jan 1999     :     27,125      15,316      51,240         1,011      94,692
Feb          :     23,027      12,738      53,444         1,105      90,314
Mar          :     26,893      18,087      58,934           842     104,756
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     26,171      16,244      52,978         1,054      96,447
             :
Seas Total   :    217,310     158,299     444,639        12,418     832,666
             :
97 To Date   :    205,562     134,854     457,470        11,690     809,576
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    Table 12.  Spanish Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1998-99 15/
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             :                        Edible Grades Used In 19/
             :-----------------------------------------------------------------
    Month    :             :           :          :            :
    Ending   :   Peanut    :   Snack   :  Peanut  :   Other    :
             :   Candy     :  Peanuts  :  Butter  :  Products  :     Total
             :    11/      :    10/    :    12/   :            :
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             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :      1,843       1,524      1,694           47         5,108
Sep          :      2,428       1,341      2,240          100         6,109
Oct          :      1,708       1,918      1,381           99         5,106
Nov          :      1,700       2,198      1,916           66         5,880
Dec          :      1,493       1,772      2,143           99         5,507
             :
Jan 1999     :      2,221       1,138        968           78         4,405
Feb          :      1,948         850      2,513           64         5,375
Mar          :      2,846         930        795           76         4,647
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      1,810       1,349        991           11         4,161
             :
Seas Total   :     16,187      11,671     13,650          629        42,137
             :
97 To Date   :     11,931      14,413     18,373          543        45,260
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See footnotes on page 8.
These Statistics are collected and presented according to the Peanut Statistics
Act which requires shellers, crushers and processors of raw peanuts to submit
periodic reports for their operations.  These reports are usually based on a
complete enumeration of all shellers and crushers and all of the larger
processors of raw peanuts.  However, reports are occasionally received too
late to be included in the first tabulation.  Allowances are made for these
missing reports and revised totals are published in the next report.
 
 
 
 
 1/  Excludes stocks on farms.  Includes stocks owned by or held for account
     of CCC in commercial storages.  Farmer stock on net weight basis.
 
 2/  Includes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed
     (untreated).
 
 3/  Actual farmer stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts X 1.33.
 
 4/  Includes straight run oil stock peanuts.
 
 5/  Cleaned and unshelled.
 
 6/  Excludes peanuts milled for seed.
 
 7/  Relates to oil mills only.
 
 8/  All crushings regardless of grade.
 
 9/  Includes in transit, exports and domestic use.
 
10/  Formerly titled 'Salted Peanuts'.  Includes salted, unsalted,
     dry and honey roasted, salted and unsalted roasted.
 
11/  Includes peanut butter made by manufacturers for own use in candy.
 
12/  Includes peanut butter made by manufacturers for own use in cookies
     and sandwiches, but excludes peanut butter used in candy.
 
13/  Includes all shelled peanuts crushed regardless of grade.
 
14/  Includes peanuts re-packaged, roasted in shell, salted in shell,
     and raw in shell.
 
15/  Crushings by type not available.
 
16/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.
 
17/  Purchased from CCC for crushing or export.
 
18/  Includes peanuts milled for seed.
 
19/  Beginning in February 1988, shelled edible grades include blanched
     and shelled roasted peanuts converted to a raw basis using conversion
     factors of 1.08 and 1.12, respectively.  This should be considered
     when comparing with previous years.
 
20/  Data for August through December 1998 were revised to include missing data.
     Data for the prior two years are not comparable.
 
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