Peanuts

USA The final 2017 crop estimate from the USDA called for a crop of 3’616’800 fst. Nevertheless the USDA National Tonnage Report shows only 3’528’774 fst inspected to date. Still plenty of peanuts though. Depending on the domestic and export demand, the carryover on August 1, 2018 should be around 1.4 to 1.5 million fst, basically twice […]

GENERAL OVERVIEW In general terms, peanuts have not improved their status compared to the situation reported in January 2018.  Throughout the previous month, rains were insufficient and temperatures were extremely high, which resulted in the crop stalling its vegetative growth. As we are approaching a critical stage of the crop development, rains are urgently needed to revert the […]

  Peanuts have improved their general status in the last few weeks, aided by rainfalls and high temperatures which favored the development of the plants. Thanks to the last rains, which were registered during the first half of January, the reserve of useful water in the soil increased slightly to moderately in the main peanut areas of Argentina. Rainfalls varied in […]

USA CROP The USA 2017 crop is finally at 3.5 million fst. As of December 20, 3’501’377 fst were inspected with only 28’979 fst of seg 2/3. A great crop as far as quality is concerned. The crop will end up being slightly bigger than 3.5 but short vs. the USA forecast of 3.8. The […]

In general terms, peanuts have improved their status compared to the situation reported in November. December brought good thermal and rainfall records, which favored the recovery of the crop, this leaving behind the temporary water stress (except for isolated exceptions) that was reported before. The peanut plants are flowering and have achieved so far a high number of plants per meter, […]