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PEANUT MARKETING NEWS – June 4, 2019 – Tyron Spearman, Editor (65)

U.S. PEANUT CROP UPDATE – From National Agricultural Statistics Service as of June 2, 2019. USA Peanut Crop is estimated
planted at 86% this week, 79% last week, 82% last year and 85% 5-Year average. Crop was rated 2% Very Poor, 4% Poor, 35% Fair,
54% Good and 5% Excellent.
STATE ITEM June 3, 2019 PREV. WEEK June 3, 2018 5-YEAR AVG.
Peanut Planted 90% 83% 78% 87%
Conditions 2% VP, 8% P 27% Fair 60% Good 3% Excellent
GEORGIA Top Soil Moisture 53% Very Short 35% Short 12% Adequate 0% Surplus
Continued hot and dry conditions and getting dryer. Row crops in dire need of rain. Corn is
burning up in the fields. Irrigated fields struggled due to too many pivots on the same pump.
Peanuts Planted 88% 84% 76 % 78%
ALABAMA Conditions 1% VP, 12% P 49% Fair 37% Good 1% Excellent
Soil Moisture 27% Very Short 49% Short 24% Adequate 0% Surplus
Hot and dry weather conditions persisted throughout the Wiregrass Area. All planting activities have been
halted due to lack of soil moisture.
Peanuts Planted 90% 86% 87% 87%
FLORIDA Conditions 3% VP,3% P 55% Fair 38% Good 1% Excellent
Soil Moisture 26% Very Short 31% Short 38% Adequate 5% Surplus
Multiple farmers report not being able to plant due to dry conditions in the Panhandle and northern peninsula.
Peanuts Planted 50% 47% 84% 75%
Peanuts Emerged 33% 20% 59% 57%
MISSISSIPPI Conditions 1%VP,9% P 35%Fair 53% Good 2% Excellent
Soil Moisture 4% Very Short 28% Short 61% Adequate 7% Surplus
Last year, Mississippi was 90% planted. Missed conditions all across the state.
Peanuts Planted 81% 66% 83% 83%
NORTH Conditions 0% VP, 3% P 49% Fair 48% Good 0% Excellent
CAROLINA Soil Moisture 21% Very Short 37% Short 42% Adequate 0% Surplus
Unseasonably warm and dry week. Some spotty rains reported, but need more.
Peanuts Planted 97% 92% 87% 89%
Conditions 0% VP, 9% P 51% Fair 40% Good 0% Excellent
SOUTH
Soil Moisture 61% Very Short 34% Short 5% Adequate 0% Surplus
CAROLINA
Fourth week with no measurable rainfall. Dryland corn beyond recovery. Concerned expressed
about poor pollination in crops due to continuous high heat.
Peanuts Planted 90% 76% 87% 83%
Conditions 0%VP,4% P 10% Fair 85% Good 1% Excellent
VIRGINIA Soil Moisture 2% Very Short 20% Short 71% Adequate 7% Surplus
Crops showing signs of stress from the dry and hot conditions. Corn firing up due to lack of rain.
Peanuts Planted 40% 36% 83% 81%
Soil Moisture 0%Very Short 1% Short 59% Adequate 40% Surplus
OKLAHOMA
Conditions 0%VP, 0% P 20 Fair 75% Good 5% Excellent
Peanuts planted reached 40 percent, down 43 points from the previous year, down 41 points from normal.
Peanuts Planted 68% 62% 87% 84%
Soil Moisture (12) 3% Very Short 20%Short 53% Adequate 24% Surplus
TEXAS
Conditions 0% VP, 8% P 0% Fair 92% Good 0% Excellent
Peanut planting continued in South Texas, the Northern low Plains and the Cross Timbers.