HDR1012000110060826961500PEANUT STOCKS AND PROCESSING
Peanut Stocks
and Processing
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service

USDA
Washington, D.C.


Released August 26, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For
information on "Peanut Stocks and Processing" call Barbara Rater at (202)
720-7688, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general
agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services,
contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail:
NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV.  The "Peanut Stocks and Processing" report is available on
AutoFax, (202) 720-2000, report 1700.  See back page.

Stocks estimates refer to July 31, 1996; all other data are for the month of
July.


            Peanut Stocks Down 37 Percent From Last Year

Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 758 million pounds of equivalent
farmer stock, compared to 1.20 billion pounds last year.  This total includes
66.6 million pounds of actual farmer stock.

Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 660 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock.
Roasting stock totaled 31.0 million pounds. There were no Commodity Credit
Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of July 31, 1996.

Shelled peanut stocks totaled 496 million pounds of which 370 million pounds
were edible grades and 126 million pounds were oil stocks.  Edible grade stocks
by type were:  Virginias, 84.3 million pounds;  Runners, 259 million pounds; and
Spanish, 26.2 million pounds.

July millings totaled 66.6 million pounds.  Millings by type were 2.71 million
pounds of Virginias and 63.9 million pounds of Runners.  There were no Spanish
peanuts milled.

Commercial processors utilized 113 million pounds of shelled edible grade
peanuts during July. Utilization for all peanut butter products was 61.0 million
pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 27.0 million pounds, and utilization
for snack peanuts was 24.2 million pounds.  Crushing for oil, cake, and meal
totaled 71.5 million pounds during the month.

Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition Programs
amounted to 2,494,911 pounds of peanut butter, and 127,188 pounds of roasted
peanuts during July.  There were no deliveries of peanut granules during the
month.

Stocks of treated seed on hand July 31 totaled 357,000 pounds, compared with
1.72 million pounds on June 30, 1996.  Of the July total, 22,000 pounds were
Virginias and Valencias, 272,000 pounds were Runners, and 63,000 pounds were
Spanish.  June stocks of treated seed included 105,000 pounds of Virginias and
Valencias, 803,000 pounds of Runners, and 811,000 pounds of Spanish.

       Table 1.  Stocks of Peanuts and Specified Products at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1995-96 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 1995     :      17,850      667,132       53,871      887,286      959,007
Sep          :     933,403      537,061       35,063      714,291    1,682,757
Oct          :   2,119,319      483,274       34,772      642,754    2,796,845
Nov          :   2,322,192      448,703       37,797      596,775    2,956,764
Dec          :   2,100,073      469,748       40,230      624,765    2,765,068
             :
Jan 1996     :   1,787,981      497,002       39,732      661,013    2,488,726
Feb          :   1,444,801      512,360       49,910      681,439    2,176,150
Mar          :   1,039,916      564,796       63,972      751,179    1,855,067
Apr          :     676,826      588,904       64,102      783,242    1,524,170
May          :     388,852      610,219       53,874      811,591    1,254,317
Jun          :     129,658      593,955       42,624      789,960      962,242
Jul          :      66,628      496,190       30,981      659,933      757,542
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      48,574      811,002       70,620    1,078,633    1,197,827
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See footnotes on page 8.


       Table 2.  Farmer Stock Peanuts, by Types, on Hand at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1995-96 1/
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             :         :         :         Spanish (by Areas)        :
  Month      :         :         :-----------------------------------:  Total
  Ending     :Virginias: Runners :Virginia:       :        :         :   All
             :         :         :  North : South :  South :  Total  :  Types
             :         :         :Carolina: East  :  West  :         :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                           1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1995     :   5,272     12,578      0        0         0        0     17,850
Sep          :  37,544    888,947      0    1,887     5,025    6,912    933,403
Oct          : 402,006  1,621,401      0    4,061    91,851   95,912  2,119,319
Nov          : 457,679  1,717,939      0    4,164   142,410  146,574  2,322,192
Dec          : 385,593  1,567,862      0    4,164   142,454  146,618  2,100,073
             :
Jan 1996     : 332,666  1,301,837      0    3,799   149,679  153,478  1,787,981
Feb          : 246,908  1,067,217      0    2,784   127,892  130,676  1,444,801
Mar          : 161,552    782,192      0    1,404    94,768   96,172  1,039,916
Apr          :  85,192    540,925      0        0    50,709   50,709    676,826
May          :  56,834    308,434      0        0    23,584   23,584    388,852
Jun          :   8,646    121,012      0        0         0        0    129,658
Jul          :     514     66,114      0        0         0        0     66,628
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  13,410     35,164      0        0         0        0     48,574
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See footnotes on page 8.

          Table 3.  Total Farmer Stock Peanuts on Hand at Month's End,
                               Crop of 1995-96 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 1995     :         0         16/           16/          17,850      17,850
Sep          :   114,129         16/           16/         819,274     933,403
Oct          :   444,218         16/           16/       1,675,101   2,119,319
Nov          :   652,876         16/           16/       1,669,316   2,322,192
Dec          :   612,803         16/           16/       1,487,270   2,100,073
             :
Jan 1996     :   524,632         16/           16/       1,263,349   1,787,981
Feb          :   369,642         16/           16/       1,075,159   1,444,801
Mar          :   215,593         16/           16/         824,323   1,039,916
Apr          :    44,697         16/           16/         632,129     676,826
May          :         0         16/           16/         388,852     388,852
Jun          :         0         16/           16/         129,658     129,658
Jul          :         0         16/           16/          66,628      66,628
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :         0         16/           16/          48,574      48,574
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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 1995-96 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 1995     : 153,869   398,019   32,654   584,542   82,590  667,132   53,871
Sep          : 135,963   318,190   27,095   481,248   55,813  537,061   35,063
Oct          : 128,606   270,982   26,353   425,941   57,333  483,274   34,772
Nov          : 128,402   250,521   25,340   404,263   44,440  448,703   37,797
Dec          : 134,765   281,007   28,485   444,257   25,491  469,748   40,230
             :
Jan 1996     : 136,214   310,252   27,519   473,985   23,017  497,002   39,732
Feb          : 143,421   325,475   24,734   493,630   18,730  512,360   49,910
Mar          : 137,047   347,107   29,192   513,346   51,450  564,796   63,972
Apr          : 125,072   368,751   33,300   527,123   61,781  588,904   64,102
May          : 116,102   378,249   33,199   527,550   82,669  610,219   53,874
Jun          : 105,568   348,544   35,036   489,148  104,807  593,955   42,624
Jul          :  84,314   259,382   26,176   369,872  126,318  496,190   30,981
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    : 178,911   532,848   41,055   752,814   58,188  811,002   70,620
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes on page 8.

         Table 5.  Farmer Stock Peanuts Milled (Net Weight), by Months,
                               Crop of 1995-96 18/
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          :         :         :         Spanish (by Areas)          :
          :         :         :-------------------------------------:   Total
 Month    :Virginias: Runners :Virginia:        :         :         :    All
 Ending   :         :         :  North :  South :  South  :  Total  :   Types
          :         :         :Carolina:  East  :  West   :         :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :                            1,000 Pounds
          :
Aug 1995  :   4,212     33,202       0         0      326       326     37,740
Sep       :  11,862     37,536       0         0      180       180     49,578
Oct       :  82,870    125,994       0         0   17,488    17,488    226,352
Nov       :  76,930    157,188       0         0   17,926    17,926    252,044
Dec       :  70,480    178,082       0         0   11,552    11,552    260,114
          :
Jan 1996  :  68,466    238,606       0         0   14,088    14,088    321,160
Feb       :  60,246    197,770       0         0    4,212     4,212    262,228
Mar       :  62,908    237,990       0         0   15,350    15,350    316,248
Apr       :  49,756    236,774       0         0   18,608    18,608    305,138
May       :  24,844    207,174       0         0   11,198    11,198    243,216
Jun       :  33,872    161,456       0         0   22,924    22,924    218,252
Jul       :   2,706     63,942       0         0        0         0     66,648
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :   2,262     87,200       0         0    5,858     5,858     95,320
          :
Seas Total: 549,152  1,875,714       0         0  133,852   133,852  2,558,718
          :
94 To Date: 846,986  2,201,724       0         0  173,488   173,488  3,222,198
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     Table 6.  Production of Shelled and Roasting Stock (In Shell) Peanuts,
                        by Months, Crop of 1995-96
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          :           Shelled Edibles 18/       : Shelled :         :
  Month   :-------------------------------------:   Oil   :  Total  :Roasting
  Ending  :Virginias: Runners :Spanish:  Total  :Stocks 4/: Shelled :Stocks 5/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :                          1,000 Pounds
          :
Aug 1995  :     679     4,469     170      5,318    24,249     29,567    3,109
Sep       :   3,168    23,213      98     26,479    10,833     37,312    5,197
Oct       :  35,462    83,610  12,369    131,441    17,638    149,079   33,065
Nov       :  31,824   102,118  10,503    144,445    23,944    168,389   33,137
Dec       :  27,954   107,018   8,048    143,020    35,781    178,801   19,824
          :
Jan 1996  :  28,424   142,113   6,432    176,969    53,822    230,791   17,964
Feb       :  23,060   121,024   1,410    145,494    46,609    192,103   21,586
Mar       :  19,489   113,752  11,119    144,360    70,678    215,038   24,737
Apr       :  15,100    97,689   8,985    121,774    60,354    182,128   15,323
May       :   6,233    96,510   6,049    108,792    56,855    165,647    8,290
Jun       :  10,867    68,274   8,200     87,341    54,934    142,275    4,782
Jul       :     382    17,304       0     17,686    36,015     53,701    1,940
          :
Same Month:
Last Seas :   2,492    37,045     271     39,808    42,136     81,944    2,183
          :
Seas Total: 202,642   977,094  73,383  1,253,119   491,712  1,744,831  188,954
          :
94 To Date: 344,296 1,298,571  98,957  1,741,824   511,635  2,253,459  296,057
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes on page 8.

     Table 7.  Shelled Peanuts Crushed, Production and Stocks of Peanut Oil
                and Cake and Meal, by Months, Crop of 1995-96 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 1995     :    56,705     25,473       31,056       19,569       13,218
Sep          :    39,283     16,743       21,439       19,934       10,448
Oct          :    32,414     13,156       18,216       14,195        6,321
Nov          :    45,126     19,053       22,273       12,720        3,711
Dec          :    56,140     23,954       32,109       14,189        6,051
             :
Jan 1996     :    67,391     28,521       38,660       20,772        6,490
Feb          :    66,538     27,853       37,986       19,861        7,868
Mar          :    73,157     30,547       42,510       18,433        7,943
Apr          :    86,063     36,301       47,930       18,843        7,740
May          :    83,858     36,205       47,609       21,918        7,366
Jun          :    73,140     32,475       40,633       22,624        7,713
Jul          :    71,466     30,628       40,498       26,992        7,212
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :    62,605     26,871       34,944       19,763       14,910
             :
Seas Total   :   751,281    320,909      420,919         --           --
             :
94 To Date   :   738,221    314,189      415,394         --           --
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     Table 8.  Apparent Disappearance of Milled Peanut Products, by Months,
                              Crop of 1995-96 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 1995     :   173,590     (153)     173,437     19,858    25,667     32,748
Sep          :   129,773    37,610     167,383     24,005    16,378     24,209
Oct          :   186,748    16,118     202,866     33,356    18,895     22,343
Nov          :   166,123    36,837     202,960     30,112    20,528     24,883
Dec          :   103,026    54,730     157,756     17,391    22,485     29,769
             :
Jan 1996     :   147,241    56,296     203,537     18,462    21,938     38,221
Feb          :   125,849    50,896     176,745     11,408    28,764     36,608
Mar          :   124,644    37,958     162,602     10,675    31,975     42,435
Apr          :   107,997    50,023     158,020     15,193    35,891     48,133
May          :   108,365    35,967     144,332     18,518    33,130     47,983
Jun          :   125,743    32,796     158,539     16,032    31,769     40,286
Jul          :   136,962    14,504     151,466     13,583    26,260     40,999
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :   101,350    26,806     128,156     16,172    25,937     35,743
             :
Seas Total   : 1,636,061   423,582   2,059,643    228,593   313,680    428,617
             :
94 To Date   : 1,668,649   495,501   2,164,150    259,122   298,698    413,889
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes on page 8.

     Table 9.  Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
               And In Shell Peanuts, by Months, Crop of 1995-96 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 1995     :  35,685   21,422   78,291     2,949   138,347   195,052   10,849
Sep          :  34,503   26,161   61,321     2,648   124,633   163,916   12,783
Oct          :  25,884   30,189   61,478     3,505   121,056   153,470   14,370
Nov          :  39,310   26,633   61,350     2,185   129,478   174,604   11,693
Dec          :  24,684   24,668   53,824     2,415   105,591   161,731   10,840
             :
Jan 1996     :  25,010   21,462   60,276     3,287   110,035   177,426   11,621
Feb          :  26,682   16,180   60,196     3,751   106,809   173,347    6,212
Mar          :  24,472   17,269   59,132     3,629   104,502   177,659    7,433
Apr          :  26,828   18,488   57,960     2,511   105,787   191,850    9,344
May          :  31,891   22,195   58,744     2,405   115,235   199,093   10,047
Jun          :  28,737   28,004   54,454     1,559   112,754   185,894   10,049
Jul          :  26,980   24,191   60,954     1,176   113,301   184,767    8,997
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :  26,599   16,676   45,075     3,293    91,643   154,248    9,390
             :
Seas Total   : 350,666  276,862  727,980    32,020 1,387,528 2,138,809  124,238
             :
94 To Date   : 349,630  301,548  709,823    36,854 1,397,855 2,136,076  127,177
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   Table 10.  Virginias Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1995-96 15/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                        Edible Grades Used In 19/
             :-----------------------------------------------------------------
   Month     :             :            :          :            :
   Ending    :   Peanut    :   Snack    :  Peanut  :   Other    :
             :   Candy     :  Peanuts   :  Butter  :  Products  :   Total
             :    11/      :    10/     :   12/    :            :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1995     :      4,143       6,368       6,726        1,677      18,914
Sep          :      2,955       9,534       7,106          896      20,491
Oct          :      1,958      10,306       7,347        1,852      21,463
Nov          :      2,226      10,136       6,663        1,168      20,193
Dec          :      1,234       8,748       4,963        1,474      16,419
             :
Jan 1996     :      1,448       8,464       5,748          778      16,438
Feb          :      1,400       5,323       7,214        2,247      16,184
Mar          :      1,712       5,834       5,546        1,227      14,319
Apr          :      2,672       6,096       4,886          945      14,599
May          :      2,375       5,668       4,227          700      12,970
Jun          :      1,436       8,730       4,401          516      15,083
Jul          :      1,617       7,766       6,483          176      16,042
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      2,176       5,081       5,170        1,598      14,025
             :
Seas Total   :     25,176      92,973      71,310       13,656     203,115
             :
94 To Date   :     26,857      97,389      51,354       15,316     190,916
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes on page 8.

    Table 11.  Runners Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1995-96 15/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                        Edible Grades Used In 19/
             :-----------------------------------------------------------------
   Month     :             :           :           :              :
   Ending    :   Peanut    :   Snack   :   Peanut  :    Other     :
             :   Candy     :  Peanuts  :   Butter  :   Products   :  Total
             :    11/      :    10/    :     12/   :              :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1995     :     29,007      13,570      70,311           824     113,712
Sep          :     29,460      15,490      53,308         1,327      99,585
Oct          :     21,876      17,969      52,342         1,511      93,698
Nov          :     35,382      15,035      52,054         1,006     103,477
Dec          :     21,984      14,601      46,510           619      83,714
             :
Jan 1996     :     22,376      11,560      52,853         2,463      89,252
Feb          :     23,749       9,960      51,263         1,168      86,140
Mar          :     20,885      10,552      51,815         2,039      85,291
Apr          :     22,129      11,459      51,333         1,456      86,377
May          :     27,447      15,406      52,864         1,596      97,313
Jun          :     26,164      18,076      48,683           945      93,868
Jul          :     23,826      15,334      52,268           993      92,421
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :     22,543      10,492      38,090         1,248      72,373
             :
Seas Total   :    304,285     169,012     635,604        15,947   1,124,848
             :
94 To Date   :    302,697     185,377     644,711        19,325   1,152,110
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    Table 12.  Spanish Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) Used in Primary Products,
                         by Months, Crop of 1995-96 15/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                        Edible Grades Used In 19/
             :-----------------------------------------------------------------
    Month    :             :           :          :            :
    Ending   :   Peanut    :   Snack   :  Peanut  :   Other    :
             :   Candy     :  Peanuts  :  Butter  :  Products  :     Total
             :    11/      :    10/    :    12/   :            :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             :                             1,000 Pounds
             :
Aug 1995     :      2,535       1,484      1,254          448         5,721
Sep          :      2,088       1,137        907          425         4,557
Oct          :      2,050       1,914      1,789          142         5,895
Nov          :      1,702       1,462      2,633           11         5,808
Dec          :      1,466       1,319      2,351          322         5,458
             :
Jan 1996     :      1,186       1,438      1,675           46         4,345
Feb          :      1,533         897      1,719          336         4,485
Mar          :      1,875         883      1,771          363         4,892
Apr          :      2,027         933      1,741          110         4,811
May          :      2,069       1,121      1,653          109         4,952
Jun          :      1,137       1,198      1,370           98         3,803
Jul          :      1,537       1,091      2,203            7         4,838
             :
Same Month   :
Last Seas    :      1,880       1,103      1,815          447         5,245
             :
Seas Total   :     21,205      14,877     21,066        2,417        59,565
             :
94 To Date   :     20,076      18,782     13,758        2,213        54,829
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
September 27, 1996.

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To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA, Washington, D.C.,
20250, or call (202) 720-7327 (voice) or (202) 720-1127 (TDD).  USDA is an equal
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