Peanut Stocks

and Processing

National

Agricultural

Statistics

Service

USDA

Washington, D.C.

Released March 31, 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 February 28, 1999; all other data are for the month of February.

Peanut Stocks Up 51 Percent From Last Year

Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 2.98 billion pounds of equivalent

farmer stock, compared to 1.97 billion pounds last year. This total includes

1.90 billion pounds of actual farmer stock.

Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 1.03 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock.

Roasting stock totaled 51.0 million pounds. There were 292 million pounds of

Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of February 28, 1999.

Shelled peanut stocks totaled 775 million pounds of which 755 million pounds 

were edible grades and 19.1 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks

by type were: Virginias, 161 million pounds; Runners, 555 million pounds; and

Spanish, 39.2 million pounds.

February millings totaled 340 million pounds. Millings by type were 62.1

million pounds of Virginias, 271 million pounds of Runners, and 6.80 million

pounds of Spanish.

Commercial processors utilized 148 million pounds of shelled edible grade

peanuts during February. Utilization for all peanut butter products was

61.5 million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 27.6 million pounds, and

utilization for snack peanuts was 19.2 million pounds. Crushing for oil, cake,

and meal totaled 38.2 million pounds during the month.

Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition Programs

amounted to 315,700 pounds of peanut butter, and 38,034 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 1.66 million pounds, compared

with 184,000 pounds on January 31, 1999. This build up of stocks from January

to February is normal. Of the February total, 936,000 pounds were Virginias and

Valencias, 592,000 pounds were Runners, and 133,000 pounds were Spanish. 

January stocks of treated seed included 86,000 pounds of Virginias and

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

Gr Lg 6 (3-99)
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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 : 2,245,870 691,163 48,065 919,247 3,213,182

Feb : 1,902,930 774,526 51,036 1,030,120 2,984,086 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 1,163,093 571,157 48,359 759,639 1,971,091

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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) : 

 : : :-----------------------------------: Total 

 Month :Virginias: Runners :Virginia: : : : All 

 Ending : : : North : South : South : Total : Types 

 : : :Carolina: East : West : : 

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 : 1,000 Pounds 

 : 

Aug 1998 : 3,588 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 : 289,306 1,610,033 0 122 3,469 3,591 1,902,930

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 199,544 929,745 0 0 33,804 33,804 1,163,093

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See footnotes on page 8.
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 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 : 292,424 16/ 16/ 1,610,506 1,902,930 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 2,653 16/ 16/ 1,160,440 1,163,093

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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 : 149,818 466,558 52,526 668,902 22,261 691,163 48,065

Feb : 161,196 554,996 39,206 755,398 19,128 774,526 51,036 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 110,170 398,760 41,910 550,840 20,317 571,157 48,359

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See footnotes on page 8.
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 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 : 62,126 271,082 0 0 6,796 6,796 340,004 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month:

Last Seas : 66,506 237,682 0 0 11,724 11,724 315,912

 :

Seas Total: 476,732 1,334,370 0 0 67,316 67,316 1,878,418

 :

97 To Date: 431,922 1,206,820 0 0 96,396 96,396 1,735,138 

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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 : 29,436 193,174 3,933 226,543 28,561 255,104 17,075 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month:

Last Seas : 27,990 159,012 8,420 195,422 22,959 218,381 18,225

 :

Seas Total: 196,456 916,830 43,631 1,156,917 137,520 1,294,437 158,264

 :

97 To Date: 163,816 813,588 64,794 1,042,198 132,632 1,174,830 154,953

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See footnotes on page 8.
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 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 : 38,156 16,468 20,721 13,053 6,445 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 30,352 13,463 16,444 13,026 29,364

 :

Seas Total : 175,572 74,123 99,535 -- --

 :

97 To Date : 211,872 90,976 116,460 -- -- 

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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 : 83,185 27,967 111,152 18,647 13,421 20,299

Feb : 140,047 31,694 171,741 14,104 15,562 23,644 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 125,081 16,735 141,816 12,108 17,280 10,745

 :

Seas Total : 981,889 132,483 1,114,372 137,796 90,367 117,094

 :

97 To Date : 990,312 153,315 1,143,627 160,365 100,886 95,387 

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 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 : 30,795 23,277 57,257 1,185 112,514 149,976 14,864

Feb : 27,573 19,183 61,543 1,441 109,740 147,896 8,800

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 28,822 20,442 58,582 2,713 110,559 140,911 7,602

 :

Seas Total : 226,331 202,318 432,867 14,157 875,673 1,051,245 90,003

 :

97 To Date : 203,566 183,502 456,838 20,257 864,163 1,076,035 89,516

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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 : 2,598 5,670 5,787 272 14,327 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 2,189 4,901 5,548 963 13,601

 :

Seas Total : 22,572 51,297 34,508 2,115 110,492

 :

97 To Date : 14,054 51,828 34,964 9,089 109,935 

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 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 : 23,027 12,665 53,243 1,105 90,040 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 25,559 14,104 52,087 1,746 93,496

 :

Seas Total : 190,418 140,276 385,504 11,489 727,687

 :

97 To Date : 179,391 118,610 404,492 10,636 713,129 

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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 : 2,221 1,138 968 78 4,405

Feb : 1,948 848 2,513 64 5,373 

Mar : 

Apr : 

May : 

Jun : 

Jul : 

 :

Same Month :

Last Seas : 1,074 1,437 947 4 3,462

 :

Seas Total : 13,341 10,745 12,855 553 37,494

 :

97 To Date : 10,121 13,064 17,382 532 41,099 

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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 April 30, 1999.

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