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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT SALES BY PRODUCERS IN 2007, 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 280 | 665 | $8 | |||||||||
| General soil improvement | 13,600 | 96,000 | $1,140 | 957 | 2,000 | $36 | 79,500 | 178,000 | 1,970 | |||||||||
| Golf courses | 7,020 | 46,800 | 586 | -- | -- | -- | 12,900 | 43,300 | 2,360 | |||||||||
| Ingredient for potting soils | 19,900 | 82,900 | 520 | 14,100 | 31,000 | 475 | 472,000 | 980,000 | 9,100 | |||||||||
| Mixed fertilizers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Nurseries | 249 | 1,000 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | 8,780 | 38,600 | 515 | |||||||||
| Packing flowers, plants, shrubs, etc. | 673 | 5,000 | 33 | 334 | 800 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Seed inoculant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6,020 | 18,000 | 75 | |||||||||
| Vegetable growing | 375 | 700 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | 23 | 50 | 1 | |||||||||
| Other | 363 | 200 | 2 | 675 | 1,700 | 51 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Total | 42,200 | 233,000 | 2,300 | 16,000 | 35,500 | 574 | 579,000 | 1,260,000 | 14,000 | |||||||||
| 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 | 435 | 967 | $10 | ||||||||||||
| General soil improvement | 4,360 | 7,250 | 65 | 98,400 | 283,000 | 3,210 | ||||||||||||
| Golf courses | 218 | 400 | 2 | 20,100 | 90,500 | 2,940 | ||||||||||||
| Ingredient for potting soils | 46,000 | 66,600 | 666 | 552,000 | 1,160,000 | 10,800 | ||||||||||||
| Mixed fertilizers | 200 | 339 | 4 | 200 | 339 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Nurseries | 809 | 1,530 | 29 | 9,840 | 41,100 | 555 | ||||||||||||
| Packing flowers, plants, shrubs, etc. | 272 | 500 | 3 | 1,280 | 6,300 | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Seed inoculant | 272 | 500 | 3 | 6,290 | 18,500 | 78 | ||||||||||||
| Vegetable growing | -- | -- | -- | 397 | 750 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 4,690 | 7,950 | 104 | 5,720 | 9,850 | 159 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 57,000 | 85,300 | 878 | 694,000 | 1,610,000 | 17,800 | ||||||||||||
| -- 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. | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program