Peanut Stocks
and Processing
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
 
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released May 28, 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 April 30, 1999; all other data are for the month of April.
 
 
 
 
 
                        Peanut Stocks Up From Last Year
 
Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 2.42 billion pounds of
equivalent farmer stock, up from last year. This total includes 1.12
billion pounds of actual farmer stock.
 
 
Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 1.24 billion pounds of farmer stock
equivalent. Roasting stock totaled 65.5 million pounds. There were 36.6
million pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on
hand as of April 30, 1999.
 
Shelled peanut stocks totaled 930 million pounds of which 912 million
pounds were edible grades and 18.0 million pounds were oil stocks.
Edible grade stocks by type were: Virginias, 166 million pounds;
Runners, 709 million pounds; and Spanish, 36.9 million pounds.
 
April millings totaled 354 million pounds. Millings by type were 68.6
million pounds of Virginias, 285 million pounds of Runners, and 566,000
pounds of Spanish.
 
Commercial processors utilized 153 million pounds of shelled edible
grade peanuts during April. Utilization for all peanut butter products
was 65.4 million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 28.3 million
pounds, and utilization for snack peanuts was 25.6 million pounds.
Crushing for oil, cake, and meal totaled 31.7 million pounds during the
month.
 
Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition
Programs amounted to 78,144 pounds of peanut butter, and 39,132 pounds
of roasted peanuts during April. There were no deliveries of peanut
granules during the month.
 
 
Stocks of treated seed on hand April 30, totaled 27.2 million pounds,
compared with 10.7 million pounds on March 31, 1999. Of the April
total,8.72 million pounds were Virginias and Valencias, 17.4 million
pounds were Runners, and 1.02 million pounds were Spanish. March stocks
of treated seed included 5.33 million pounds of Virginias and Valencias,
5.13 million pounds of Runners, and 277,000 pounds of Spanish.
 
 
 
Gr Lg 6 (5-99)
 
       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/      :     5/     :   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      894,050       59,212    1,189,087    2,734,937
Apr          :   1,117,425      930,302       65,528    1,237,302    2,420,255
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     557,024      660,943       52,598      879,054    1,488,676
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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          : 163,580    952,478      0      122     1,245    1,367  1,117,425
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  79,442    476,314      0        0     1,268    1,268    557,024
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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          :    36,626        16/             16/      1,080,799   1,117,425
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :         0        16/             16/        557,024     557,024
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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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                           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          : 167,117   669,476   37,020   873,613   20,437  894,050   59,212
Apr          : 166,084   709,277   36,905   912,266   18,036  930,302   65,528
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 119,924   466,328   51,226   637,478   23,465  660,943   52,598
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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       :  68,640    284,574     0        0         566       566    353,780
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  64,968    226,800     0        0       9,902     9,902    301,670
          :
Seas Total: 642,176  2,075,552     0        0      69,692    69,692  2,787,420
          :
97 To Date: 570,668  1,678,988     0        0     128,844   128,844  2,378,500
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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       :  26,751   194,931     423    222,105    32,227    254,332   24,703
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  23,231   128,761   5,365    157,357    36,852    194,209   23,453
          :
Seas Total: 270,860 1,433,776  45,496  1,750,132   198,444  1,948,576  207,553
          :
97 To Date: 220,557 1,098,432  84,419  1,403,408   213,904  1,617,312  200,241
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                         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          :    31,691     13,190       17,474        9,501        4,923
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :    43,217     18,516       24,661       21,667       27,420
             :
Seas Total   :   235,289     98,772      132,308         --           --
             :
97 To Date   :   303,691    130,298      168,722         --           --
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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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                            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          :   142,074    27,302     169,376     14,969    13,962     15,364
Apr          :   183,452    34,628     218,080     18,387    14,239     18,931
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   139,326    33,614     172,940     19,497    15,354     20,759
             :
Seas Total   : 1,418,236   194,499   1,612,735    172,593   118,568    151,389
             :
97 To Date   : 1,264,884   231,439   1,496,323    201,414   131,567    149,593
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :        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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                           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          :  28,259   25,648   65,358     1,745   121,010   152,701   12,446
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  24,497   24,998   59,783     3,247   112,525   155,742   13,419
             :
Seas Total   : 286,992  257,503  564,339    17,401 1,126,235 1,361,524  113,165
             :
97 To Date   : 258,547  231,340  576,026    26,478 1,092,391 1,396,082  115,003
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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          :      2,875       7,981       5,126          274      16,256
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      2,643       6,539       5,196        1,339      15,717
             :
Seas Total   :     28,111      69,866      45,818        2,883     146,678
             :
97 To Date   :     19,200      63,614      45,596       12,337     140,747
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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          :     24,801      16,625      59,403         1,410     102,239
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     19,633      17,375      53,086         1,900      91,994
             :
Seas Total   :    242,111     174,924     504,042        13,828     934,905
             :
97 To Date   :    225,195     152,229     510,556        13,590     901,570
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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/   :            :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                         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          :        583       1,042        829           61         2,515
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      2,221       1,084      1,501            8         4,814
             :
Seas Total   :     16,770      12,713     14,479          690        44,652
             :
97 To Date   :     14,152      15,497     19,874          551        50,074
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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.
 
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     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 same month last season and 1997 to date are not comparable due to
     missing data.
 
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For assistance with general agricultural statistics or further
information about NASS or its products or services, contact the
Agricultural Statistics Hotline at 800-727-9540, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ET, or e-mail: nass@nass.usda.gov.