USDA Agriculture Department says we produced 3,590,000 tons of peanuts this past year. That’s an 11% increase over the previous year. Domestic use for domestic food is predicted to decrease this year about 1.6% so far. Peanuts for crush, that’s going into peanut oil, is up 22%. This could have been caused by some quality issues during the peanut harvest and some dry areas. Peanut …
Southwest Peanut Crop Outlook
Well, the southeastern peanut crop is just about to get started here around April the 15th and planting peanuts. Peanut prices right now, according to the people that are growing in Texas, peanut prices are low, input costs are high, and rain is sparse. That’s the dilemma right now with Southwest growers growing in Texas, Oklahoma, and also New Mexico. They said the input …


