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WASHINGTON - Nov 25/09 - SNS -- Shelled Edible Grade Season to Date Utilization Up 6% from Last Year Peanut Stocks in Commercial Storage Totaled 2.82 Billion Pounds
Peanut stocks commercial storage on October 31, 2009 quantityed to 2.82 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock, versus 3.21 billion pounds a year ago, judging from today's USDA report on the sector.
This total includes 2.01 billion pounds of actual farmer stock.
Shelled peanuts on hand totalled 763 million pounds of farmer stock equivalent. Roasting stock totalled 43.3 million pounds.
Shelled peanut stocks totalled 574 million pounds of which 554 million pounds were edible grades and 20.1 million pounds were oil stocks. Edible grade stocks by type included 116 million pounds of Virginias and Valencias, 425 million pounds of Runners, and 13.1 million pounds of Spanish.
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