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Interim Report on Peanut Price Discovery
Interim Report on Peanut Price Discovery - Part 2
Letter from US Dept. of Agriculture to Mr. Roebke
Senator Chambliss: Press Release/Letter to the Editor!
Farm Service Agency National Peanut Prices
WEEKLY NATIONAL POSTED PRICES FOR PEANUTS
The following prices are effective from 11/12/08 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time until
the next announcement occurs. The next announcement is scheduled for 11/18/08 at
3:00 pm Eastern Time.
* $564.75 per ton for Runner peanuts
* $558.95 per ton for Spanish peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Valencia peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Virginia peanuts
This week's NPP is unchanged from last week.
National Agriculture Statistics Service Peanut Prices
Peanuts: Prices and Marketings by Type and Week, United States
Oct 11, 2008 - Nov 8, 2008
Average Dollars per Pound:
Runners 0.197 ($394.00/ton)
Spanish 0.147
Valencias 0.195 - 0.220
Virginias 0.188 - 0.201
All 0.188 - 0.201
This is the economics that Alan Roebke would like to address.
Financial Charts
Choosing to vote in the September 9th Republican primary for Alan
Roebke is a progressive vote to put all the issues on the table for 7th District residents to see and understand before they vote for a new Congressman in November. After 18 years of Collin Peterson, we have a mess on our hands - $4 gasoline, an economic and housing crisis and continued lack of affordable healthcare. So vote for Alan Roebke on Tuesday in the Republican primary. Experienced as a Farmer, a leader and a candidate who truly understands what needs too change. See more at Congressional Change.com.
"Ethanol blending policy a $5 billion dollar cost for taxpayers!"
This week I visited a typical fuel terminal in Alexandria Minnesota, which sends semi-loads of 10% ethanol blended gasoline bound for western Minnesota stations. As a candidate for congress and strong supporter of corn based ethanol, I wanted to observe the blending process. For congress sends a tax credit of 45 Cent/ethanol gallon blended to gasoline or $382 for a tanker load of gasohol, to someone in the petroleum industry.
What I found was a simple loading and blending process. Conducted not by big oil but by the truck drivers, who safely load and deliver gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil daily to retail or wholesale outlets in the area. These drivers said adding ethanol was no problem just part of the job. As I watched them use the same terminal loading and metering equipment used for other fuels. I timed them, less than a minute's interruption of fuel flow for the ethanol blending process, yet no one new who got the tax credit!
For an hour and half I had the privilege, of observing at least a dozen trucks load. While talking with the people in this well run terminal and driver driven fuel delivery system. For once the trucks drove into loading position, it only took 15 to 20 minutes tops to load 8500 gallons of ethanol blended gasoline or a multiple load of gasoline, diesel or heating oil.
What is still missing in this release is ethanol has been selling for about 45 cents/gallon cheaper than 84 or 85 Octane gasoline. So with ethanol at 114 octane, ethanol actually helps the terminal reach the 87 or 89 octane fuel grade consumers need, at a cheaper price than the base fuel gasoline.
Then when I checked with the cost of delivering a typical load of gasohol, which I watched load, going to Willmar Minnesota 65 miles away the freight cost was $395. So the question for Congress is, do they think someone in the petroleum industry needs help paying the freight for $4/gallon gasoline? So with America needing a proven alternative fuel or additive anyway, like corn based ethanol, why are we paying for the process of blending? When this years corn crop will deliver enough corn based ethanol, for 8% ethanol in all the American gasoline used, even with out imported ethanol. Why not just mandate its use? The trucks said they'll gladly blend the ethanol, it's part of their job as good citizens. So I believe consumers would be outraged, if they could see what I have seen, even corn farmers. Alan Roebke (REB-key) Republican candidate in the 9-9-08 7th District congressional primary! www.congressionalchange.com
Voters, do you believe farmers in your county/area should still receive large subsidy payments as Collin Peterson does, even as they enjoy some of the highest incomes in rural America? Alan Roebke says 'No' to continued subsidies but believes his farm policy can replace subsidies with a sound commodity loan program, to better address the farmers new high cost of production. Similiar to how patents, copy rights, and trademarks etc. help business face their daily economic challenges!
See how Congress failed to address energy reality in 2006, which has lead to the mess we are in today! Gas was $2.79/gallon, crude oil was $70/barrel.
Now compare the average citizen's $600 stimulus check in 2008 to the guaranteed direct payment farmers received even after having the best prices in 35 years. See what your present Congressman Collin Peterson did for Farmers in our Congressional District compared to the support he gave the average citizen in the following counties. The 2008 Farm Bill, that was just passed by Peterson/Congress gives Farmers the Direct Payments that you will see, by clicking on the counties below. The 2007 payments will continue in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 regardless of what crop prices are if the listed farmers stay with their 2007 acreage! Yet if prices crash they can lock in 2007 and 2008 high prices for a new costly subsidy option program called "ACRE" that the farm bill didn't include in it's budget process!
Interim Report on Peanut Price Discovery - Part 2
Letter from US Dept. of Agriculture to Mr. Roebke
Senator Chambliss: Press Release/Letter to the Editor!
Farm Service Agency National Peanut Prices
WEEKLY NATIONAL POSTED PRICES FOR PEANUTS
The following prices are effective from 11/12/08 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time until
the next announcement occurs. The next announcement is scheduled for 11/18/08 at
3:00 pm Eastern Time.
* $564.75 per ton for Runner peanuts
* $558.95 per ton for Spanish peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Valencia peanuts
* $567.32 per ton for Virginia peanuts
This week's NPP is unchanged from last week.
National Agriculture Statistics Service Peanut Prices
Peanuts: Prices and Marketings by Type and Week, United States
Oct 11, 2008 - Nov 8, 2008
Average Dollars per Pound:
Runners 0.197 ($394.00/ton)
Spanish 0.147
Valencias 0.195 - 0.220
Virginias 0.188 - 0.201
All 0.188 - 0.201
This is the economics that Alan Roebke would like to address.
Financial Charts
Choosing to vote in the September 9th Republican primary for Alan
Roebke is a progressive vote to put all the issues on the table for 7th District residents to see and understand before they vote for a new Congressman in November. After 18 years of Collin Peterson, we have a mess on our hands - $4 gasoline, an economic and housing crisis and continued lack of affordable healthcare. So vote for Alan Roebke on Tuesday in the Republican primary. Experienced as a Farmer, a leader and a candidate who truly understands what needs too change. See more at Congressional Change.com.
"Ethanol blending policy a $5 billion dollar cost for taxpayers!"
This week I visited a typical fuel terminal in Alexandria Minnesota, which sends semi-loads of 10% ethanol blended gasoline bound for western Minnesota stations. As a candidate for congress and strong supporter of corn based ethanol, I wanted to observe the blending process. For congress sends a tax credit of 45 Cent/ethanol gallon blended to gasoline or $382 for a tanker load of gasohol, to someone in the petroleum industry.
What I found was a simple loading and blending process. Conducted not by big oil but by the truck drivers, who safely load and deliver gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil daily to retail or wholesale outlets in the area. These drivers said adding ethanol was no problem just part of the job. As I watched them use the same terminal loading and metering equipment used for other fuels. I timed them, less than a minute's interruption of fuel flow for the ethanol blending process, yet no one new who got the tax credit!
For an hour and half I had the privilege, of observing at least a dozen trucks load. While talking with the people in this well run terminal and driver driven fuel delivery system. For once the trucks drove into loading position, it only took 15 to 20 minutes tops to load 8500 gallons of ethanol blended gasoline or a multiple load of gasoline, diesel or heating oil.
What is still missing in this release is ethanol has been selling for about 45 cents/gallon cheaper than 84 or 85 Octane gasoline. So with ethanol at 114 octane, ethanol actually helps the terminal reach the 87 or 89 octane fuel grade consumers need, at a cheaper price than the base fuel gasoline.
Then when I checked with the cost of delivering a typical load of gasohol, which I watched load, going to Willmar Minnesota 65 miles away the freight cost was $395. So the question for Congress is, do they think someone in the petroleum industry needs help paying the freight for $4/gallon gasoline? So with America needing a proven alternative fuel or additive anyway, like corn based ethanol, why are we paying for the process of blending? When this years corn crop will deliver enough corn based ethanol, for 8% ethanol in all the American gasoline used, even with out imported ethanol. Why not just mandate its use? The trucks said they'll gladly blend the ethanol, it's part of their job as good citizens. So I believe consumers would be outraged, if they could see what I have seen, even corn farmers. Alan Roebke (REB-key) Republican candidate in the 9-9-08 7th District congressional primary! www.congressionalchange.com
Voters, do you believe farmers in your county/area should still receive large subsidy payments as Collin Peterson does, even as they enjoy some of the highest incomes in rural America? Alan Roebke says 'No' to continued subsidies but believes his farm policy can replace subsidies with a sound commodity loan program, to better address the farmers new high cost of production. Similiar to how patents, copy rights, and trademarks etc. help business face their daily economic challenges!
See how Congress failed to address energy reality in 2006, which has lead to the mess we are in today! Gas was $2.79/gallon, crude oil was $70/barrel.
Now compare the average citizen's $600 stimulus check in 2008 to the guaranteed direct payment farmers received even after having the best prices in 35 years. See what your present Congressman Collin Peterson did for Farmers in our Congressional District compared to the support he gave the average citizen in the following counties. The 2008 Farm Bill, that was just passed by Peterson/Congress gives Farmers the Direct Payments that you will see, by clicking on the counties below. The 2007 payments will continue in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 regardless of what crop prices are if the listed farmers stay with their 2007 acreage! Yet if prices crash they can lock in 2007 and 2008 high prices for a new costly subsidy option program called "ACRE" that the farm bill didn't include in it's budget process!