The United States of America is the largest exporter of edible grade peanuts.
It produces four types of peanuts:

• Shows attractive and uniform kernel size
• Manufactured into peanut butter and candy-making
• Accounts for more than half of the peanuts grown in the U.S.
• Produced primarily in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Oklahoma
• Produced secondarily in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Tennessee, Kansas and Missouri

• Produces the largest kernel of the four types produced in the U.S.
• Accounts for most of the peanuts roasted and sold in the shell
• Sold as snack peanuts, usually at ballparks
• Produced primarily in Virginia and North Carolina
• Produced secondarily in Georgia, Florida and Texas

Valencia: Some general characteristics of this peanut are:

Spanish: Some general characteristics are:

While India and China grow more peanuts than the U.S., the crops are largely manufactured into oil and used locally. On the other hand, the U.S. exports about half of its crop overseas. Altogether peanuts bring more than $4 billion into the U.S. economy every year.

The U.S. peanut crop is cultivated in 15 southern states. The major peanut-producing states are: Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, South Carolina, Oklahoma

Six other states produce peanuts: Louisiana, Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, California, Tennessee. These states grow 1 percent or less of the annual U.S. peanut crop.

Americans eat more than 600 million pounds of peanuts and about 700 million pounds of peanut butter each year.

Peanut seeds are planted in the ground in March/April and are harvested in the fall, about 120 to 160 days later. Flowers from the plant form ovaries that grow out, vine-like, into the ground, where they become seed, the peanut.

Besides various types of peanuts, peanut butter and peanut oil, the peanut industry produces two products in small scale: roasted peanut oil and peanut flour. The following recipes highlight one of these ingredients: