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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT SALES BY PRODUCERS IN 2006, BY TYPE AND USE1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sphagnum moss | Hypnum moss | Reed-sedge | ||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Volume2 | Weight | Volume | Weight | Volume | |||||||||||||
| (metric | (cubic�� | Value | (metric | (cubic�� | Value | (metric | (cubic�� | Value | ||||||||||
| Use | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | |||||||||
| Earthworm culture medium | 91 | 800 | $8 | -- | -- | -- | 21 | 45 | $1 | |||||||||
| General soil improvement | 61,500 | 449,000 | 2,930 | -- | -- | -- | 141,000 | 313,000 | 2,860 | |||||||||
| Golf courses | 7,050 | 43,900 | 591 | -- | -- | -- | 13,800 | 49,300 | 2,320 | |||||||||
| Ingredient for potting soils | 1,500 | 7,900 | 106 | 13,700 | 30,300 | $455 | 411,000 | 857,000 | 8,230 | |||||||||
| Mixed fertilizers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Nurseries | 564 | 3,580 | 41 | 576 | 1,300 | 21 | 6,030 | 24,200 | 313 | |||||||||
| Packing flowers, plants, shrubs, etc. | 249 | 2,200 | 22 | 121 | 295 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Seed inoculant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7,000 | 21,000 | 105 | |||||||||
| Vegetable growing | 5 | 13 | (3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Other | 136 | 300 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Total | 71,100 | 507,000 | 3,700 | 14,400 | 31,900 | 481 | 580,000 | 1,270,000 | 13,800 | |||||||||
| Humus | Total | |||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Volume | Weight | Volume | |||||||||||||||
| (metric | (cubic�� | Value | (metric | (cubic�� | Value | |||||||||||||
| tons) | meters) | (thousands) | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | |||||||||||||
| Earthworm culture medium | 155 | 302 | $2 | 32,000 | 293,000 | $1,550 | ||||||||||||
| General soil improvement | 20,800 | 26,800 | 620 | 192,000 | 497,000 | 4,870 | ||||||||||||
| Golf courses | 242 | 444 | 3 | 21,100 | 93,600 | 2,910 | ||||||||||||
| Ingredient for potting soils | 17,900 | 21,900 | 588 | 445,000 | 917,000 | 9,380 | ||||||||||||
| Mixed fertilizers | 263 | 446 | 6 | 263 | 446 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Nurseries | 22,500 | 30,300 | 698 | 29,700 | 59,400 | 1,070 | ||||||||||||
| Packing flowers, plants, shrubs, etc. | 272 | 500 | 3 | 642 | 3,000 | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Seed inoculant | -- | -- | -- | 7,000 | 21,000 | 105 | ||||||||||||
| Vegetable growing | 23 | 50 | 1 | 27 | 63 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 6,170 | 10,500 | 136 | 6,310 | 10,800 | 139 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 68,400 | 91,300 | 2,060 | 734,000 | 1,900,000 | 20,100 | ||||||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2Volume of nearly all sphagnum moss was measured after compaction and packaging. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than � unit.� | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program