HDR1012000110060126951500PEANUT STOCKS AND PROCESSING
HDR2012000110060126951500PNUT STKS HIGHLIGHTS
Released January 26, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Stocks
estimates refer to December 31, 1994; all other data are for the month of
December.

                    Peanut Stocks Up 8 Percent From Last Year

Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 3.19 billion pounds of equivalent
farmer stock, compared to 2.95 billion pounds last year.  This total includes
2.28 billion pounds of actual farmer stock.

Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 851 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock.
Roasting stock totaled 57.4 million pounds.  There were 579 million pounds of
Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of December 31, 1994.

Shelled peanut stocks totaled 640 million pounds of which 621 million pounds
were edible grades and 19.3 million pounds were oil stocks.  Edible grade stocks
by type were:  Virginias, 146 million pounds; Runners, 440 million pounds; and
Spanish, 34.8 million pounds.

December millings totaled 296 million pounds.  Millings by type were 84.0 mil-
lion pounds of Virginias, 196 million pounds of Runners, and 16.5 million pounds
of Spanish.

Commercial processors utilized 125 million pounds of shelled edible grade
peanuts during December.  Utilization for all peanut butter products was
61.4 million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 33.7 million pounds, and
utilization for snack peanuts was 26.6 million pounds.  Crushing for oil, cake,
and meal totaled 55.4 million pounds during the month.

Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition Programs
amounted to 2,962,656 pounds of peanut butter and 254,772 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 395,000 pounds, compared with
381,000 pounds on November 30, 1994.  Of the December total, 330,000 pounds were
Virginias and Valencias, 60,000 pounds were Runners, and 5,000 pounds were
Spanish.  November stocks of treated seed included 315,000 pounds of Virginias
and Valencias, 61,000 pounds of Runners, and 5,000 pounds of Spanish.

For information call Kirby Cavett at (202) 720-8843.  Office hours are 8:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. ET.

Gr Lg 6 (1-95)


HDR2012000110060126951500STKS PNUTS&SPECFD PRDCTS@MTH'S END CRP '94-95
       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      639,845       57,399      850,994    3,191,058
             :
Jan 1995     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   2,033,509      668,065       32,942      888,526    2,954,977
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See footnotes on page 8.

HDR2012000110060126951500FRMR STK PNUTS,TYP,ON HND @MNTH'S END '94-95
       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     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 259,319  1,664,916      0    1,191   108,083  109,274  2,033,509
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See footnotes on page 8.



HDR2012000110060126951500TL FRMR STK PNUTS,ON HND @MNTH'S END '94-95
          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
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             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     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   139,927    16/            16/           1,893,582   2,033,509
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See footnotes on page 8.

HDR2012000110060126951500SHLD PNUTS&RSTNG STK,ON HND @MNTH'S END'94-95
   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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                           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          : 146,019   439,745   34,831   620,595   19,250  639,845   57,399
             :
Jan 1995     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  99,512   499,349   40,079   638,940   29,125  668,065   32,942
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See footnotes on page 8.


HDR2012000110060126951500FRMR STK PNUTS MLLD,BY MNTHS '94-95
         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  :
Feb       :
Mar       :
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  79,394    227,194       0         0   21,400    21,400    327,988
          :
Seas Total: 370,182    714,294       0         0   73,806    73,806  1,158,282
          :
93 To Date: 323,550    738,090       0         0   60,690    60,690  1,122,330
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HDR2012000110060126951500PROD OF SHLD&RSTNG STK PNUTS,BY MNTHS, '94-95
     Table 6.  Production of Shelled and Roasting Stock (In Shell) Peanuts,
                        by Months, Crop of 1994-95
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :           Shelled Edibles 18/       : Shelled :         :
  Month   :-------------------------------------:   Oil   :  Total  :Roasting
  Ending  :Virginias: Runners :Spanish:  Total  :Stocks 4/: Shelled :Stocks 5/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :                          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       :  35,040   128,169   9,695    172,904    31,807    204,711   28,952
          :
Jan 1995  :
Feb       :
Mar       :
Apr       :
May       :
Jun       :
Jul       :
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :  28,447   149,612  12,873    190,932    35,571    226,503   19,963
          :
Seas Total: 140,489   471,428  44,422    656,339   110,777    767,116  143,062
          :
93 To Date: 122,711   470,802  39,284    632,797   121,469    754,266   87,902
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See footnotes on page 8.

HDR2012000110060126951500SHLD PNUTS CRSHD,PROD&STKS PNUT OIL,CKE,ETC
     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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                            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     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :    35,840     14,629       20,230        4,187        3,252
             :
Seas Total   :   204,895     85,434      117,120         --           --
             :
93 To Date   :   152,175     65,767       89,897         --           --
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HDR2012000110060126951500APPRNT DISAP MLLD PNUT PRDCTS,MNTHS,'94-95
     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/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                            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          :   130,485    34,781     165,266     18,512    22,340     25,298
             :
Jan 1995     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   151,868    34,385     186,253     21,042    17,958     22,006
             :
Seas Total   :   715,383   133,581     848,964    119,348    86,581    111,525
             :
93 To Date   :   865,064   136,104   1,001,168    126,898    81,359     98,040
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See footnotes on page 8.


HDR2012000110060126951500SHLLD PNUTS USED N PRMRY PRDCTS&IN-SHLL PNUTS
     Table 9.  Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
               And In Shell Peanuts, by Months, Crop of 1994-95 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 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          :  33,740   26,618   61,388     2,824   124,570   180,019   11,621
             :
Jan 1995     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  28,524   25,627   58,521     2,264   114,936   150,776   10,205
             :
Seas Total   : 156,674  160,677  317,619    17,551   652,521   857,416   56,102
             :
93 To Date   : 160,040  173,791  322,157    16,600   672,588   824,763   59,971
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HDR2012000110060126951500VA SHLLD PNUTSUSED PRMRY PRDCTS BY MNTHS
   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/    :            :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             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      10,485       3,960          748      16,303
             :
Jan 1995     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      2,497       6,728       5,798        1,121      16,144
             :
Seas Total   :     12,219      52,494      20,481        5,870      91,064
             :
93 To Date   :     19,595      56,796      35,737        5,074     117,202
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See footnotes on page 8.

HDR2012000110060126951500RNNRS SHLLD PNUTS USD PRMRY PRDCTS BY MNTHS
    Table 11.  Runners Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1994-95 15/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                        Edible Grades Used In 19/
             :-----------------------------------------------------------------
   Month     :             :           :           :              :
   Ending    :   Peanut    :   Snack   :   Peanut  :    Other     :
             :   Candy     :  Peanuts  :   Butter  :   Products   :  Total
             :    11/      :    10/    :     12/   :              :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             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     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     24,169      16,829      49,968         1,091      92,057
             :
Seas Total   :    137,067      97,276     289,720        11,208     535,271
             :
93 To Date   :    131,671     105,801     272,345         9,550     519,367
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HDR2012000110060126951500SPNSH SHLLD PNUTS USD PRMRY PRDCTS BY MNTHS
    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/   :            :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             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          :      1,481       1,486      1,632           28         4,627
             :
Jan 1995     :
Feb          :
Mar          :
Apr          :
May          :
Jun          :
Jul          :
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      1,858       2,070      2,755           52         6,735
             :
Seas Total   :      7,388      10,907      7,418          473        26,186
             :
93 To Date   :      8,774      11,194     14,075        1,976        36,019
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See footnotes on page 8.


HDR2012000110060126951500FOOTNOTES,NXT RLSE DATE & EEO STMNT
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
February 28, 1995.


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