Peanut Market Data, Grades and Trade

Editorial evidence reviewedReviewed 2026-09-09Release 2026-09-19-batch-230

Global production

48M MT

2023/24

Market value

$13.5B

Producing countries tracked

9

Grading systems

1

Active supply risks

3

Trade corridors

3

Latest reviewed evidence

The figures below are USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates for the 2025 United States peanut crop, published in January 2026. They are dated national crop measures—not global production, a current physical offer or a live delivered price; Atlas does not present crop value, loan rates or grower returns as a current lot price.

United States peanut planted area

1.95

million acres · crop year 2025

United States peanut harvested area

1.91

million acres · crop year 2025

United States peanut average yield

3767

pounds per acre · crop year 2025

United States peanut production

7.18

billion pounds · crop year 2025

Farmers' stock, in-shell, shelled and processed peanuts are separate products

Farmers' stock peanuts are inspected before shelling and carry different foreign-material, kernel and segregation measures from cleaned in-shell or milled lots. Shelled grades then separate Runner, Virginia and Spanish types, whole kernels and splits by screen size, count, defects and foreign material. Roasted peanuts, peanut butter, granules, oilstock, meal and oil add different processing, composition, food-safety and end-use requirements. Atlas keeps product stage, type, grade, size and intended use explicit before comparing lots or evidence.

Type, grade, size, defects and food-safety terms travel with the lot

USDA standards cited here maintain separate grade frameworks for cleaned Virginia-type peanuts in the shell and for shelled Runner, Spanish and Virginia types. Milled-peanut inspection instructions require the declared type to appear on the inspection certificate but state that inspectors do not certify type or variety. Grade records cover screen size or count, whole and split composition, foreign material, damage, minor defects, unshelled kernels and other tolerances. Buyer or procurement specifications may also require aflatoxin, moisture, oxidation, microbiological, treatment, packaging and traceability controls; those requirements must remain attributed to the applicable contract or specification.

Crop totals do not determine a delivered peanut price

USDA NASS estimated 7.18 billion pounds of United States peanut production from 1.91 million harvested acres in 2025, with an average yield of 3,767 pounds per acre. Those dated national aggregates span production regions, types, grades, product stages and uses. A delivered price still requires the exact product stage, type or variety, grade, size or count, whole-versus-split composition, defect and food-safety profile, treatment, crop year, pack, origin, destination, Incoterm, delivery window and current physical evidence.

Questions procurement teams ask

Are farmers' stock and shelled peanuts interchangeable?

No. Farmers' stock is the incoming unshelled product inspected before milling, while shelled lots use separate type-specific grades, screen or count sizes and defect tolerances.

Are Runner, Virginia, Spanish and Valencia peanuts interchangeable?

No. Type or variety affects kernel shape and size, applicable grade or commercial specification and intended use. The declared type must remain attached to the lot and evidence.

What does the 7.18 billion pound figure represent?

It is USDA NASS's estimate of total United States peanut production for the 2025 crop year. It is a dated national crop measure, not global production and not a current physical price.

Which fields make physical peanut offers comparable?

Product stage, type or variety, grade and inspection basis, screen size or count, whole-versus-split composition, moisture and condition, foreign-material and defect tolerances, food-safety requirements, treatment, crop year, packaging and net weight, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.