HDR1012000110060328951500Peanut Stocks and Processing
HDR2012000110060328951500Peanut Stocks and Processing Narrative

Released March 28, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Stocks
estimates refer to February 28, 1995; all other data are for the month of
February.


                   Peanut Stocks Up 4 Percent From Last Year

Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 2.57 billion pounds of equivalent
farmer stock, compared to 2.49 billion pounds last year.  This total includes
1.54 billion pounds of actual farmer stock.


Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 950 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock.
Roasting stock totaled 84.5 million pounds.  There were 298 million pounds of
Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of February 28,
1995.


Shelled peanut stocks totaled 714 million pounds of which 697 million pounds
were edible grades and 16.5 million pounds were oil stocks.  Edible grade
stocks by type were:  Virginias, 177 million pounds; Runners, 475 million
pounds; and Spanish, 45.3 million pounds.

February millings totaled 351 million pounds.  Millings by type were
86.0 million pounds of Virginias, 242 million pounds of Runners, and
22.7 million pounds of Spanish.

Commercial processors utilized 98.7 million pounds of shelled edible grade
peanuts during February.  Utilization for all peanut butter products was
55.8 million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 26.6 million pounds, and
utilization for snack peanuts was 14.2 million pounds.  Crushing for oil, cake,
and meal totaled 67.6 million pounds during the month.

Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition Programs
amounted to 2,652,592 pounds of peanut butter and 178,614 pounds of roasted
peanuts during February.  There were no deliveries of peanut granules during
the month.


Stocks of treated seed on hand February 28 totaled 3.26 million pounds,
compared with 1.18 million pounds on January 31, 1995.  Of the February total,
2.08 million pounds were Virginias and Valencias, 1.18 million pounds were
Runners, and 5,000 pounds were Spanish.  January stocks of treated seed
included 1.12 million pounds of Virginias and Valencias, 60,000 pounds of
Runners, and 5,000 pounds of Spanish.

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For information call Barbara Soltes at (202) 720-7688.  Office hours are
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.

Gr Lg 6 (3-95)


HDR2012000110060328951500Stocks of Peanuts and Specified Products

       Table 1.  Stocks of Peanuts and Specified Products at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :      41,869      589,822     28,294      784,463        854,626
Sep          :     996,964      520,098     20,167      691,730      1,708,861
Oct          :   2,080,974      583,268     38,200      775,746      2,894,920
Nov          :   2,338,974      600,400     46,959      798,532      3,184,465
Dec          :   2,282,665      640,044     57,385      851,259      3,191,309
             :
Jan 1995     :   1,924,144      652,794     63,380      868,216      2,855,740
Feb          :   1,540,102      713,929     84,536      949,526      2,574,164
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   1,368,938      809,140     41,913    1,076,156      2,487,007
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See footnotes on page 8.

       Table 2.  Farmer Stock Peanuts, by Types, on Hand at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :   2,882     38,285     0         0       702      702     41,869
Sep          :  66,873    912,026     0       999    17,066   18,065    996,964
Oct          : 470,558  1,498,835     0     3,954   107,627  111,581  2,080,974
Nov          : 498,489  1,687,437     0     4,034   149,014  153,048  2,338,974
Dec          : 458,573  1,666,395     0     4,034   153,663  157,697  2,282,665
             :
Jan 1995     : 381,793  1,407,552     0     2,594   132,205  134,799  1,924,144
Feb          : 285,835  1,164,184     0     2,594    87,489   90,083  1,540,102
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 178,019  1,094,667     0     1,196    95,056   96,252  1,368,938
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See footnotes on page 8.


HDR2012000110060328951500Total Farmer Stock Peanuts on Hand

          Table 3.  Total Farmer Stock Peanuts on Hand at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :       565         16/            16/         41,304      41,869
Sep          :   151,546         16/            16/        845,418     996,964
Oct          :   372,111         16/            16/      1,708,863   2,080,974
Nov          :   556,554         16/            16/      1,782,420   2,338,974
Dec          :   579,194         16/            16/      1,703,471   2,282,665
             :
Jan 1995     :   419,437         16/            16/      1,504,707   1,924,144
Feb          :   298,022         16/            16/      1,242,080   1,540,102
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :    80,465         16/            16/      1,288,473   1,368,938
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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 1994-95 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 1994     :  66,371   467,425   24,771   558,567   31,255  589,822   28,294
Sep          :  67,431   412,266   20,949   500,646   19,452  520,098   20,167
Oct          : 106,758   414,811   32,555   554,124   29,144  583,268   38,200
Nov          : 126,141   419,441   32,594   578,176   22,224  600,400   46,959
Dec          : 146,223   439,745   34,826   620,794   19,250  640,044   57,385
             :
Jan 1995     : 156,332   438,061   38,446   632,839   19,955  652,794   63,380
Feb          : 176,699   475,483   45,288   697,470   16,459  713,929   84,536
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 134,267   592,957   40,641   767,865   41,275  809,140   41,913
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See footnotes on page 8.


HDR2012000110060328951500Farmer Stock Peanuts Milled (Net Weight)

         Table 5.  Farmer Stock Peanuts Milled (Net Weight), by Months,
                               Crop of 1994-95 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 1994  :   5,280     36,278     0         0        798       798     42,356
Sep       :  22,500    114,558     0         0      4,998     4,998    142,056
Oct       : 136,494    176,494     0         0     34,800    34,800    347,788
Nov       : 121,868    191,030     0         0     16,700    16,700    329,598
Dec       :  84,040    195,934     0         0     16,510    16,510    296,484
          :
Jan 1995  : 108,578    223,430     0         0     20,256    20,256    352,264
Feb       :  86,020    241,974     0         0     22,718    22,718    350,712
Mar       :
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  67,244    271,500     0         0     13,616    13,616    352,360
          :
Seas Total: 564,780  1,179,698     0         0    116,780   116,780  1,861,258
          :
93 To Date: 472,818  1,284,362     0         0     77,376    77,376  1,834,556
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     Table 6.  Production of Shelled and Roasting Stock (In Shell) Peanuts,
                        by Months, Crop of 1994-95
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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 1994  :   1,032    14,456     500     15,988    14,387     30,375    2,166
Sep       :   7,048    70,097   3,644     80,789    19,690    100,479    8,444
Oct       :  48,017   128,116  19,891    196,024    22,127    218,151   59,617
Nov       :  49,352   130,590  10,692    190,634    22,766    213,400   43,883
Dec       :  35,220   128,169   9,695    173,084    31,807    204,891   29,119
          :
Jan 1995  :  50,614   135,753  12,056    198,423    42,153    240,576   33,041
Feb       :  36,500   154,338  14,605    205,443    50,949    256,392   30,184
Mar       :
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  27,530   174,984   8,999    211,513    39,211    250,724   19,423
          :
Seas Total: 227,783   761,519  71,083  1,060,385   203,879  1,264,264  206,454
          :
93 To Date: 185,395   816,879  50,547  1,052,821   205,266  1,258,087  125,463
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See footnotes on page 8.


HDR2012000110060328951500Shelled Peanuts Crushed, Production

     Table 7.  Shelled Peanuts Crushed, Production and Stocks of Peanut Oil
                and Cake and Meal, by Months, Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :    36,553     15,850       20,602        5,186       14,457
Sep          :    40,882     16,543       23,419        5,013       11,194
Oct          :    28,464     11,403       16,675        3,222        9,470
Nov          :    43,547     18,019       25,101        1,846       12,975
Dec          :    55,449     23,619       31,323        3,125       19,000
             :
Jan 1995     :    64,018     27,130       35,632        3,012       23,367
Feb          :    67,580     29,354       37,551        5,961       21,350
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :    42,394     17,955       23,952        4,494        6,986
             :
Seas Total   :   336,493    141,918      190,303         --           --
             :
93 To Date   :   238,872    101,851      139,910         --           --
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     Table 8.  Apparent Disappearance of Milled Peanut Products, by Months,
                              Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :   137,060    25,186     162,246      7,557    14,936     19,550
Sep          :   138,710    31,493     170,203     16,571    16,716     26,682
Oct          :   142,546    12,435     154,981     41,584    13,194     18,399
Nov          :   166,582    29,686     196,268     35,124    19,395     21,596
Dec          :   130,466    34,781     165,247     18,693    22,340     25,298
             :
Jan 1995     :   186,378    41,448     227,826     27,046    27,243     31,265
Feb          :   140,812    54,445     195,257      9,028    26,405     39,568
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   134,911    35,277     170,188     13,450    19,968     23,142
             :
Seas Total   : 1,042,554   229,474   1,272,028    155,603   140,229    182,358
             :
93 To Date   : 1,156,163   207,751   1,363,914    155,488   117,136    144,319
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See footnotes on page 8.


HDR2012000110060328951500Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis)

     Table 9.  Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
               And In Shell Peanuts, by Months, Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :  34,336   26,829   73,248     3,320   137,733   174,286    8,158
Sep          :  33,961   36,241   64,569     3,020   137,791   178,673   11,002
Oct          :  29,793   35,129   61,756     3,573   130,251   158,715   14,148
Nov          :  24,844   35,860   56,658     4,814   122,176   165,723   11,173
Dec          :  33,724   26,615   61,388     2,824   124,551   180,000   11,621
             :
Jan 1995     :  25,803   20,176   59,855     2,875   108,709   172,727   12,300
Feb          :  26,604   14,247   55,837     1,974    98,662   166,242    7,203
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  25,632   21,594   56,287     2,291   105,804   148,198    7,114
             :
Seas Total   : 209,065  195,097  433,311    22,400   859,873 1,196,366   75,605
             :
93 To Date   : 214,221  215,350  435,221    22,086   886,878 1,125,750   76,238
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   Table 10.  Virginias Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :      4,857       7,266       4,518        1,131      17,772
Sep          :      2,794      10,113       4,465        1,138      18,510
Oct          :      2,089      11,648       3,396        1,438      18,571
Nov          :      1,369      12,982       4,142        1,415      19,908
Dec          :      1,110      10,460       3,960          748      16,278
             :
Jan 1995     :      1,199       7,114       3,909        1,439      13,661
Feb          :      1,187       4,354       5,086          860      11,487
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      3,063       5,711       3,908        1,350      14,032
             :
Seas Total   :     14,605      63,937      29,476        8,169     116,187
             :
93 To Date   :     24,962      67,851      44,609        7,605     145,027
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See footnotes on page 8.

HDR2012000110060328951500Runners Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis)

    Table 11.  Runners Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :     27,525      17,449      67,058         2,161     114,193
Sep          :     29,753      23,788      58,555         1,814     113,910
Oct          :     26,548      20,920      57,135         1,863     106,466
Nov          :     22,092      20,472      51,176         3,322      97,062
Dec          :     31,149      14,647      55,796         2,048     103,640
             :
Jan 1995     :     23,988      11,559      54,925         1,419      91,891
Feb          :     23,784       8,879      49,859         1,099      83,621
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     22,137      14,342      50,886           917      88,282
             :
Seas Total   :    184,839     117,714     394,504        13,726     710,783
             :
93 To Date   :    178,940     133,641     373,183        12,465     698,229
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    Table 12.  Spanish Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1994-95 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 1994     :      1,954       2,114      1,672           28         5,768
Sep          :      1,414       2,340      1,549           68         5,371
Oct          :      1,156       2,561      1,225          272         5,214
Nov          :      1,383       2,406      1,340           77         5,206
Dec          :      1,465       1,508      1,632           28         4,633
             :
Jan 1995     :        616       1,503      1,021           17         3,157
Feb          :      1,633       1,014        892           15         3,554
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :        432       1,541      1,493           24         3,490
             :
Seas Total   :      9,621      13,446      9,331          505        32,903
             :
93 To Date   :     10,319      13,858     17,429        2,016        43,622
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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.


The next "Peanut Stocks and Processing" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on
April 28, 1995.


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