peanut market

Looking in on the Peanut Market

Talking about the peanut market, as farmers try to decide what to plant this year, cotton is improving and that could influence the amount of acreage on peanuts. They say it’s going to be down 14% on the first estimate. The market is extremely quiet in all parts of the world, especially in the southeast of the U.S. and parts of Virginia and …

peanut stocks

Peanut Stocks and Processing Report Released By USDA

Stocks in processing for peanuts has been released for the month of February. That’s coming from USDA’s Ag Statistics Service. They said shelled animal use of peanuts is up slightly from last year after last month posting a four percent drop. The peanut stocks reported a commercial storage of about 532 billion pounds equivalent farmer stock, and that is up 34 percent. So an …