Peanut Stocks

and Processing

National

Agricultural

Statistics

Service

USDA

Washington, D.C.

Released February 26, 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 January 31, 1999; all other data are for the month of January.

Peanut Stocks Up 48 Percent From Last Year

Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 3.21 billion pounds of equivalent

farmer stock, compared to 2.16 billion pounds last year. This total includes

2.25 billion pounds of actual farmer stock.

Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 919 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock.

Roasting stock totaled 48.1 million pounds. There were 309 million pounds of

Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of January 31, 1999.

Shelled peanut stocks totaled 691 million pounds of which 669 million pounds 

were edible grades and 22.3 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks

by type were: Virginias 150 million pounds; Runners, 467 million pounds; and

Spanish, 52.5 million pounds.

January millings totaled 351 million pounds. Millings by type were 80.4 million

pounds of Virginias, 266 million pounds of Runners, and 4.54 million pounds of

Spanish.

Commercial processors utilized 150 million pounds of shelled edible grade

peanuts during January. Utilization for all peanut butter products was

57.3 million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 30.8 million pounds, and

utilization for snack peanuts was 23.3 million pounds. Crushing for oil, cake,

and meal totaled 37.5 million pounds during the month.

Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition Programs

amounted to 3,397,676 pounds of peanut butter, and 16,434 pounds of roasted

peanuts during January. There were no deliveries of peanut granules during the

month. 

Stocks of treated seed on hand January 31 totaled 184,000 pounds, compared with

241,000 pounds on December 31, 1998. Of the January total, 86,000 pounds were

Virginias and Valencias, 84,000 pounds were Runners, and 14,000 pounds were

Spanish. December stocks of treated seed included 143,000 pounds of Virginias

and Valencias, 84,000 pounds of Runners, and 14,000 pounds of Spanish.

Gr Lg 6 (2-99)
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 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 : 2,036,829 540,401 38,900 718,733 2,794,462

 :

Jan 1999 : 2,245,870 691,168 48,066 919,253 3,213,189

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 1,464,791 494,592 42,242 657,807 2,164,840

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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 : 378,065 1,644,079 0 0 14,685 14,685 2,036,829

 :

Jan 1999 : 340,752 1,894,709 0 122 10,287 10,409 2,245,870

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 250,926 1,167,202 0 0 46,663 46,663 1,464,791

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See footnotes on page 8.
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February 1999 3 NASS, USDA

 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/ 1,744,501 2,036,829

 :

Jan 1999 : 309,023 16/ 16/ 1,936,847 2,245,870

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 41,262 16/ 16/ 1,423,529 1,464,791

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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 : 125,284 353,322 38,335 516,941 23,460 540,401 38,900

 :

Jan 1999 : 149,821 466,558 52,528 668,907 22,261 691,168 48,066

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 96,871 344,015 39,613 480,499 14,093 494,592 42,242

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See footnotes on page 8.
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February 1999 4 NASS, USDA

 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 : 86,656 200,262 0 0 23,794 23,794 310,712

 :

Jan 1999 : 80,370 266,376 0 0 4,540 4,540 351,286

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month:

Last Seas : 76,694 217,750 0 0 12,150 12,150 306,594

 :

Seas Total: 414,606 1,063,288 0 0 60,520 60,520 1,538,414

 :

97 To Date: 365,416 969,138 0 0 84,672 84,672 1,419,226

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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 : 40,135 140,737 15,681 196,553 19,320 215,873 23,225

 :

Jan 1999 : 35,074 197,062 3,010 235,146 26,768 261,914 27,812

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month:

Last Seas : 33,368 150,040 7,776 191,184 22,771 213,955 21,400

 :

Seas Total: 167,020 723,656 39,698 930,374 108,959 1,039,333 141,189

 :

97 To Date: 135,826 654,576 56,374 846,776 109,673 956,449 136,728

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See footnotes on page 8.
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February 1999 5 NASS, USDA

 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 : 37,462 16,193 21,269 12,147 9,368

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 41,810 18,436 23,304 16,843 23,665

 :

Seas Total : 137,416 57,655 78,814 -- --

 :

97 To Date : 181,520 77,513 100,016 -- --

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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 : 107,770 15,166 122,936 18,736 14,394 22,221

 :

Jan 1999 : 83,180 27,967 111,147 18,646 13,421 20,299

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 94,142 26,543 120,685 16,486 19,454 14,328

 :

Seas Total : 841,837 100,789 942,626 123,691 74,805 93,450

 :

97 To Date : 865,231 136,580 1,001,811 148,257 83,606 84,642

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See footnotes on page 8.
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February 1999 6 NASS, USDA

 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 31,540 60,503 1,296 115,892 148,320 12,394

 :

Jan 1999 : 30,797 23,277 57,257 1,186 112,517 149,979 14,857

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 26,126 16,683 59,157 3,476 105,442 147,252 12,736

 :

Seas Total : 198,760 183,135 371,324 12,717 765,936 903,352 81,196

 :

97 To Date : 174,744 163,060 398,256 17,544 753,604 935,124 81,914

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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 8,187 3,556 72 13,948

 :

Jan 1999 : 1,449 6,823 5,049 96 13,417

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 1,575 4,137 4,816 1,401 11,929

 :

Seas Total : 19,974 45,627 28,721 1,843 96,165

 :

97 To Date : 11,865 46,927 29,416 8,126 96,334

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See footnotes on page 8.
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February 1999 7 NASS, USDA

 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 21,581 54,804 1,125 96,437

 :

Jan 1999 : 27,125 15,316 51,240 1,011 94,692

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 22,464 11,376 52,658 2,059 88,557

 :

Seas Total : 167,391 127,611 332,261 10,384 637,647

 :

97 To Date : 153,832 104,506 352,405 8,890 619,633

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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 1,772 2,143 99 5,507

 :

Jan 1999 : 2,223 1,138 968 79 4,408

Feb :

Mar :

Apr :

May :

Jun :

Jul :

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 2,087 1,170 1,683 16 4,956

 :

Seas Total : 11,395 9,897 10,342 490 32,124

 :

97 To Date : 9,047 11,627 16,435 528 37,637

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See footnotes on page 8.
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February 1999 8 NASS, USDA

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 3:00 p.m. ET on March 31, 1999.

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