1. AGED FALL 2002
9/24/02 JW

2. INTERNATIONAL
VISITOR

3. Genus, Family & Specie Genus: Arachis Family: Leguminosae
Specie: hypogaea
A tropical American vine, Arachis hypogaea, widely cultivated in semitropical regions, with yellow flowers on stalks which bend over so that the seed pods ripen underground.

4. Plant Characteristics
Warm Season
Annual Legume
Yellow pea-like flower
Flower opens at dawn
Peduncle elongates into a stalk like stem called a “Peg”
Seeds/Nuts ripen underground in pods
Grows in well drained sandy soils

6. U.S. Consumption Americans consume approx.
600 Million Lbs. Of Peanuts Annually
700 Million Lbs. Of Peanut Butter Annually

7. Market Types
Virginias
Runners
Spanish
Valencia

8. World Production
Asia & Africa produce 85% of the world’s peanut production (19 to 25 million tons)
Leading Peanut Producing Countries: India, China, United States, Sudan, Senegal & Indonesia

9. U.S. Peanut Production Georgia Alabama North Carolina Texas Virginia
Oklahoma
U.S. Producers harvest approx. 3.4 Billion Lbs. Annually

10. Oklahoma Peanut Production
Caddo
Beckham
Harmon
Greer
Washita

11. Food Products Peanut Butter Ice Cream Vegetable Peanut Bread
Roasted Peanuts

12. Livestock Feed
Meal
Hay

13. Peanut Products Paint Soap Shaving Cream Face Powder Plastics
Wall Board
Nitroglycerin

14. Origin
South America – Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and the area around the head waters of the Amazon River.