Issued October 13, 2006 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information, contact Dennis Koong at (202) 720-7688.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service will release the first issue of the weekly Peanut Prices report today, October 13, at 3 p.m. EST. The report will include farmer stock prices and quantities purchased from farmers (marketings) by type (Runner, Spanish, Valencia, and Virginia) for the week ending October 7 along with data for the prior 4 weeks.