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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT SALES BY PRODUCERS IN 2015 BY TYPE AND USE1 | ||||||||||||
| Sphagnum moss | Hypnum moss | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| Weight | Volume2 | Weight | Volume | |||||||||
| (metric | (cubic-- | Value | (metric | (cubic-- | Value | |||||||
| Use | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Earthworm culture medium | -- | -- | -- | W | W | W | ||||||
| General soil improvement | 35,400 | 215,000 | $1,980 | 1,360 | 2,500 | $52 | ||||||
| Golf courses | W | W | W | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Ingredient for potting soils | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Nurseries | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Other3 | W | W | W | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Total | 58,400 | 369,000 | 3,280 | 4,240 | 8,250 | 200 | ||||||
| Reed-sedge | Total4 | |||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||
| Weight | Volume | Weight | Volume | |||||||||
| (metric | (cubic-- | Value | (metric | (cubic-- | Value | |||||||
| Use | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | tons) | meters) | (thousands) | ||||||
| Earthworm culture medium | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| General soil improvement | 44,300 | 135,000 | $786 | 83,500 | 357,000 | $2,850 | ||||||
| Golf courses | W | W | 872 | 23,300 | W | 1,580 | ||||||
| Ingredient for potting soils | 204,000 | 451,000 | 4,530 | 212,000 | 491,000 | 5,150 | ||||||
| Nurseries | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Other3 | W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||
| Total | 390,000 | 914,000 | 9,440 | 458,000 | 1,300,000 | 13,000 | ||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included in -Total.- -- Zero.- | ||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||
| 2Includes humus. | ||||||||||||
| 3Nearly all measured after compaction and packaging. | ||||||||||||
| 4Includes mixed fertilizers; packing flowers, plants, shrubs, and so forth; seed inoculant; and vegetable growing. | ||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
