Peanut Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
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WILC | B | G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. | -2.41 | |
DBVT | C | DBV Technologies S.A. | -2.21 | |
SJM | F | J.M. Smucker Company (The) | -0.52 | |
JBSS | F | John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. | 3.39 | |
ADM | F | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | -1.03 | |
HSY | F | The Hershey Company | 0.95 |
Related Industries: Biotechnology Confectioners Farm Products Food Distribution Packaged Foods
Symbol | Grade | Name | Weight | |
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FTXG | D | First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF | 13.77 | |
FXG | D | First Trust Cons. Staples AlphaDEX | 8.81 | |
RSPS | D | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF | 7.57 | |
VEGI | C | iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers Fund | 6.04 | |
TPMN | A | The Timothy Plan Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF | 5.84 |
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The peanut, also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), and taxonomically classified as Arachis hypogaea, is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, being important to both small and large commercial producers. It is classified as both a grain legume and, due to its high oil content, an oil crop. World annual production of shelled peanuts was 44 million tonnes in 2016, led by China with 38% of the world total. Atypically among legume crop plants, peanut pods develop underground (geocarpy) rather than above ground. With this characteristic in mind, the botanist Carl Linnaeus named the species hypogaea, which means "under the earth".
As a legume, the peanut belongs to the botanical family Fabaceae; this is also known as Leguminosae, and commonly known as the bean, or pea, family. Like most other legumes, peanuts harbor symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules. This capacity to fix nitrogen means peanuts require less nitrogen-containing fertilizer and also improve soil fertility, making them valuable in crop rotations.
Peanuts are similar in taste and nutritional profile to "tree nuts" such as walnuts and almonds, and, as a culinary nut, are often served in similar ways in Western cuisines. The botanical definition of a nut is "a fruit whose ovary wall becomes hard at maturity". Using this criterion, the peanut is not a nut. However, peanuts are usually categorized as "nuts" for culinary purposes and in common English more generally.
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