Peanut Stocks
and Processing
 
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
 
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released January 27, 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 December 31, 1998; all other data are for
the month of December.
 
 
 
 
             Peanut Stocks Up 18 Percent From Last Year
 
Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 2.78 billion pounds of equivalent
farmer stock, compared to 2.35 billion pounds last year.  This total includes
2.03 billion pounds of actual farmer stock.
 
Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 718 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock.
Roasting stock totaled 36.3 million pounds.  There were 292 million pounds of
Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of December 31, 1998.
 
Shelled peanut stocks totaled 540 million pounds of which 516 million pounds
were edible grades and 23.5 million pounds were oil stocks.  Edible grade stocks
by type were:  Virginias 125 million pounds;  Runners, 353 million pounds; and
Spanish, 38.3 million pounds.
 
December millings totaled 307 million pounds.  Millings by type were 83.2
million pounds of Virginias, 200 million pounds of Runners, and 23.8 million
pounds of Spanish.
 
Commercial processors utilized 148 million pounds of shelled edible grade
peanuts during December.  Utilization for all peanut butter products was 60.5
million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 22.6 million pounds, and
utilization for snack peanuts was 31.5 million pounds.  Crushing for oil, cake,
and meal totaled 32.4 million pounds during the month.
 
Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition Programs
amounted to 1,785,642 pounds of peanut butter, and 120,474 pounds of roasted
peanuts during December.  There were no deliveries of peanut granules during the
month.
 
Stocks of treated seed on hand December 31 totaled 241,000 pounds, compared with
157,000 pounds on November 30, 1998.  Of the December total,143,000 pounds were
Virginias and Valencias, 84,000 pounds were Runners, and 14,000 pounds were
Spanish.  November stocks of treated seed included 59,000 pounds of Virginias
and Valencias, 84,000 pounds of Runners, and 14,000 pounds of Spanish.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gr Lg 6 (1-99)
       Table 1.  Stocks of Peanuts and Specified Products at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1998-99 1/
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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      436,875       18,306      581,044      608,600
Sep          :     409,108      303,091       12,153      403,111      824,372
Oct          :   2,087,806      384,954       23,193      511,989    2,622,988
Nov          :   2,220,885      447,464       34,411      595,127    2,850,423
Dec          :   2,030,969      539,532       36,348      717,578    2,784,895
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   1,779,085      401,322       37,328      533,758    2,350,171
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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/
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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          :  29,154    379,064      0        0       890      890    409,108
Oct          : 385,648  1,674,086      0        0    28,072   28,072  2,087,806
Nov          : 421,704  1,765,701      0        0    33,480   33,480  2,220,885
Dec          : 372,225  1,644,059      0        0    14,685   14,685  2,030,969
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 313,240  1,406,304      0       37    59,504   59,541  1,779,085
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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/
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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/             390,264     409,108
Oct          :   101,644    16/            16/           1,986,162   2,087,806
Nov          :   266,319    16/            16/           1,954,566   2,220,885
Dec          :   292,328    16/            16/           1,738,641   2,030,969
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   107,295    16/            16/           1,671,790   1,779,085
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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/
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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     :  70,264   327,484   29,761   427,509    9,366  436,875   18,306
Sep          :  49,594   222,696   22,388   294,678    8,413  303,091   12,153
Oct          :  81,336   257,878   24,947   364,161   20,793  384,954   23,193
Nov          : 103,814   297,045   27,299   428,158   19,306  447,464   34,411
Dec          : 124,910   352,826   38,336   516,072   23,460  539,532   36,348
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  78,366   266,980   38,111   383,457   17,865  401,322   37,328
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See footnotes on page 8.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         Table 5.  Farmer Stock Peanuts Milled (Net Weight), by Months,
                               Crop of 1998-99 18/
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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       :  12,756     62,842       0         0      890       890     76,488
Oct       : 136,350    284,412       0         0   17,712    17,712    438,474
Nov       :  94,988    233,958       0         0   13,584    13,584    342,530
Dec       :  83,202    200,262       0         0   23,794    23,794    307,258
          :
Jan 1999  :
Feb       :
Mar       :
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  73,350    215,242       0         0   23,334    23,334    311,926
          :
Seas Total: 330,782    796,912       0         0   55,980    55,980  1,183,674
          :
97 To Date: 288,722    751,388       0         0   72,522    72,522  1,112,632
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     Table 6.  Production of Shelled and Roasting Stock (In Shell) Peanuts,
                        by Months, Crop of 1998-99
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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       :   3,531    37,918     624     42,073    10,512     52,585    6,114
Oct       :  48,984   177,366  11,190    237,540    26,217    263,757   51,895
Nov       :  38,835   160,341   9,193    208,369    22,946    231,315   31,263
Dec       :  39,282   140,737  15,681    195,700    19,047    214,747   21,466
          :
Jan 1999  :
Feb       :
Mar       :
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  22,942   148,809  15,516    187,267    23,770    211,037   29,984
          :
Seas Total: 131,093   526,594  36,688    694,375    81,918    776,293  111,618
          :
97 To Date: 102,458   504,536  48,598    655,592    86,902    742,494  115,328
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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          :    28,158     11,329       16,829       10,425       11,534
Dec          :    32,428     13,344       19,085        9,375        8,398
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :    31,380     13,684       17,270       17,861       14,689
             :
Seas Total   :    99,954     41,462       57,545         --           --
             :
97 To Date   :   139,710     59,077       76,712         --           --
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     Table 8.  Apparent Disappearance of Milled Peanut Products, by Months,
                              Crop of 1998-99 9/
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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     :   163,554     7,921     171,475     13,142     6,340      9,897
Sep          :   174,904    11,465     186,369     12,267    13,892      3,537
Oct          :   168,057    13,837     181,894     40,855    10,533     21,650
Nov          :   144,372    24,433     168,805     20,045    16,225     15,846
Dec          :   107,786    14,893     122,679     19,529    14,394     22,221
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   138,586    14,919     153,505     19,521    14,858     12,043
             :
Seas Total   :   758,673    72,549     831,222    105,838    61,384     73,151
             :
97 To Date   :   771,089   110,037     881,126    131,771    64,152     70,314
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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     :  33,492   28,550   66,912     3,083   132,037   145,748   12,369
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     1,669   119,662   147,820   12,801
Dec          :  22,553   31,533   60,503     1,201   115,790   148,218   12,394
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  19,639   25,178   61,877     2,637   109,331   140,711   14,082
             :
Seas Total   : 167,963  159,851  314,067    11,436   653,317   753,271   66,339
             :
97 To Date   : 148,618  146,377  339,099    14,068   648,162   787,872   69,178
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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/    :            :
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             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1998     :      3,459       6,442       4,112          115      14,128
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       8,183       3,556           72      13,944
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      1,220       5,472       6,105        1,363      14,160
             :
Seas Total   :     18,525      38,800      23,672        1,747      82,744
             :
97 To Date   :     10,290      42,790      24,600        6,725      84,405
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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/
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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     :     28,190      20,578      61,106         2,921     112,795
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         1,482      97,838
Dec          :     18,927      21,579      54,804         1,030      96,340
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     16,821      17,806      52,806         1,253      88,686
             :
Seas Total   :    140,266     112,293     281,021         9,278     542,858
             :
97 To Date   :    131,368      93,130     299,747         6,831     531,076
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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       1,530      1,694           47         5,114
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       1,771      2,143           99         5,506
             :
Jan 1999     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      1,598       1,900      2,966           21         6,485
             :
Seas Total   :      9,172       8,758      9,374          411        27,715
             :
97 To Date   :      6,960      10,457     14,752          512        32,681
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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.
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