HDR1012000110060328951500Peanut Stocks and Processing HDR2012000110060328951500Peanut Stocks and Processing Narrative Released March 28, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Stocks estimates refer to February 28, 1995; all other data are for the month of February. Peanut Stocks Up 4 Percent From Last Year Peanut stocks in commercial storage totaled 2.57 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock, compared to 2.49 billion pounds last year. This total includes 1.54 billion pounds of actual farmer stock. Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 950 million pounds of equivalent farmer stock. Roasting stock totaled 84.5 million pounds. There were 298 million pounds of Commodity Credit Corporation uncommitted stocks on hand as of February 28, 1995. Shelled peanut stocks totaled 714 million pounds of which 697 million pounds were edible grades and 16.5 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type were: Virginias, 177 million pounds; Runners, 475 million pounds; and Spanish, 45.3 million pounds. February millings totaled 351 million pounds. Millings by type were 86.0 million pounds of Virginias, 242 million pounds of Runners, and 22.7 million pounds of Spanish. Commercial processors utilized 98.7 million pounds of shelled edible grade peanuts during February. Utilization for all peanut butter products was 55.8 million pounds, utilization for peanut candy was 26.6 million pounds, and utilization for snack peanuts was 14.2 million pounds. Crushing for oil, cake, and meal totaled 67.6 million pounds during the month. Deliveries under the Government Domestic Feeding and Child Nutrition Programs amounted to 2,652,592 pounds of peanut butter and 178,614 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 3.26 million pounds, compared with 1.18 million pounds on January 31, 1995. Of the February total, 2.08 million pounds were Virginias and Valencias, 1.18 million pounds were Runners, and 5,000 pounds were Spanish. January stocks of treated seed included 1.12 million pounds of Virginias and Valencias, 60,000 pounds of Runners, and 5,000 pounds of Spanish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For information call Barbara Soltes at (202) 720-7688. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Gr Lg 6 (3-95) HDR2012000110060328951500Stocks of Peanuts and Specified Products Table 1. Stocks of Peanuts and Specified Products at Month's End, Crop of 1994-95 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Farmer Stock Equivalent Month : Farmer : Shelled : Roasting :-------------------------- Ending : Stock : Peanuts : Stock : Shelled : Total : : 2/ : (In Shell) : Peanuts : 3/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 2,282,665 640,044 57,385 851,259 3,191,309 : Jan 1995 : 1,924,144 652,794 63,380 868,216 2,855,740 Feb : 1,540,102 713,929 84,536 949,526 2,574,164 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 1,368,938 809,140 41,913 1,076,156 2,487,007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes on page 8. Table 2. Farmer Stock Peanuts, by Types, on Hand at Month's End, Crop of 1994-95 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Spanish (by Areas) : Month : : :-----------------------------------: Total Ending :Virginias: Runners :Virginia: : : : All : : : North : South : South : Total : Types : : :Carolina: East : West : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 381,793 1,407,552 0 2,594 132,205 134,799 1,924,144 Feb : 285,835 1,164,184 0 2,594 87,489 90,083 1,540,102 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 178,019 1,094,667 0 1,196 95,056 96,252 1,368,938 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes on page 8. HDR2012000110060328951500Total Farmer Stock Peanuts on Hand Table 3. Total Farmer Stock Peanuts on Hand at Month's End, Crop of 1994-95 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 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 : 419,437 16/ 16/ 1,504,707 1,924,144 Feb : 298,022 16/ 16/ 1,242,080 1,540,102 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 80,465 16/ 16/ 1,288,473 1,368,938 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes on page 8. Table 4. Shelled Peanuts and Roasting Stock (In Shell) on Hand at Month's End, Crop of 1994-95 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 146,223 439,745 34,826 620,794 19,250 640,044 57,385 : Jan 1995 : 156,332 438,061 38,446 632,839 19,955 652,794 63,380 Feb : 176,699 475,483 45,288 697,470 16,459 713,929 84,536 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 134,267 592,957 40,641 767,865 41,275 809,140 41,913 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes on page 8. HDR2012000110060328951500Farmer Stock Peanuts Milled (Net Weight) Table 5. Farmer Stock Peanuts Milled (Net Weight), by Months, Crop of 1994-95 18/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Spanish (by Areas) : : : :-------------------------------------: Total Month :Virginias: Runners :Virginia: : : : All Ending : : : North : South : South : Total : Types : : :Carolina: East : West : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 108,578 223,430 0 0 20,256 20,256 352,264 Feb : 86,020 241,974 0 0 22,718 22,718 350,712 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month: Last Seas : 67,244 271,500 0 0 13,616 13,616 352,360 : Seas Total: 564,780 1,179,698 0 0 116,780 116,780 1,861,258 : 93 To Date: 472,818 1,284,362 0 0 77,376 77,376 1,834,556 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : 35,220 128,169 9,695 173,084 31,807 204,891 29,119 : Jan 1995 : 50,614 135,753 12,056 198,423 42,153 240,576 33,041 Feb : 36,500 154,338 14,605 205,443 50,949 256,392 30,184 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month: Last Seas : 27,530 174,984 8,999 211,513 39,211 250,724 19,423 : Seas Total: 227,783 761,519 71,083 1,060,385 203,879 1,264,264 206,454 : 93 To Date: 185,395 816,879 50,547 1,052,821 205,266 1,258,087 125,463 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes on page 8. HDR2012000110060328951500Shelled Peanuts Crushed, Production Table 7. Shelled Peanuts Crushed, Production and Stocks of Peanut Oil and Cake and Meal, by Months, Crop of 1994-95 7/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 64,018 27,130 35,632 3,012 23,367 Feb : 67,580 29,354 37,551 5,961 21,350 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 42,394 17,955 23,952 4,494 6,986 : Seas Total : 336,493 141,918 190,303 -- -- : 93 To Date : 238,872 101,851 139,910 -- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 8. Apparent Disappearance of Milled Peanut Products, by Months, Crop of 1994-95 9/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 : 130,466 34,781 165,247 18,693 22,340 25,298 : Jan 1995 : 186,378 41,448 227,826 27,046 27,243 31,265 Feb : 140,812 54,445 195,257 9,028 26,405 39,568 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 134,911 35,277 170,188 13,450 19,968 23,142 : Seas Total : 1,042,554 229,474 1,272,028 155,603 140,229 182,358 : 93 To Date : 1,156,163 207,751 1,363,914 155,488 117,136 144,319 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes on page 8. HDR2012000110060328951500Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) 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 : 33,724 26,615 61,388 2,824 124,551 180,000 11,621 : Jan 1995 : 25,803 20,176 59,855 2,875 108,709 172,727 12,300 Feb : 26,604 14,247 55,837 1,974 98,662 166,242 7,203 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 25,632 21,594 56,287 2,291 105,804 148,198 7,114 : Seas Total : 209,065 195,097 433,311 22,400 859,873 1,196,366 75,605 : 93 To Date : 214,221 215,350 435,221 22,086 886,878 1,125,750 76,238 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 10. Virginias 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 : 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 10,460 3,960 748 16,278 : Jan 1995 : 1,199 7,114 3,909 1,439 13,661 Feb : 1,187 4,354 5,086 860 11,487 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 3,063 5,711 3,908 1,350 14,032 : Seas Total : 14,605 63,937 29,476 8,169 116,187 : 93 To Date : 24,962 67,851 44,609 7,605 145,027 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes on page 8. HDR2012000110060328951500Runners Shelled Peanuts (Raw Basis) 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 : 23,988 11,559 54,925 1,419 91,891 Feb : 23,784 8,879 49,859 1,099 83,621 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 22,137 14,342 50,886 917 88,282 : Seas Total : 184,839 117,714 394,504 13,726 710,783 : 93 To Date : 178,940 133,641 373,183 12,465 698,229 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 12. Spanish 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 : 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 : 1,465 1,508 1,632 28 4,633 : Jan 1995 : 616 1,503 1,021 17 3,157 Feb : 1,633 1,014 892 15 3,554 Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : Same Month : Last Seas : 432 1,541 1,493 24 3,490 : Seas Total : 9,621 13,446 9,331 505 32,903 : 93 To Date : 10,319 13,858 17,429 2,016 43,622 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 April 28, 1995. 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