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Q: What was peanut production in your state in 2012? How does that compare with the last few years?
Mississippi: 0VS BWFSBHF QFBOVU BDSFBHF JT UP 8JUI UIF ESPVHIU JO XF XFSF EPXO UP BDSFT PG QFBOVUT 5IF NPTU SFDFOU EBUB TIPXT UIBU JO XF XFSF VQ UP BDSFT Arkansas: 8F XFSF BEWJTFE UIF UXP CVZJOH QPJOUT IBE B UPUBM BDSF BHF VOEFS DPOUSBDU PG BQQSPYJNBUFMZ BDSFT 1MVT UIFSF XBT TPNF NPSF BDSFBHF HSPXO GPS B DPNQBOZ PVUTJEF PG "SLBOTBT *OTQFDUFE UPOT QSPEVDFE JO "SLBOTBT JO UPUBMFE BMNPTU UPOT 5IF QSPEVDUJPO JT B WFSZ MBSHF JODSFBTF PWFS UIF QSPEVDUJPO GSPN 5P UIF CFTU PG NZ LOPXMFEHF QSPEVDUJPO JO XBT BSPVOE UP BDSFT #FUXFFO BOE UIFSF XBT WFSZ MJUUMF JG BOZ QFB OVU QSPEVDUJPO DBSSJFE PVU 1SJPS UP UIFSF XFSF TPNF SFMBUJWFMZ TNBMM BDSFT PG QSPEVDUJPO DBSSJFE PVU JO UIF FBTU DFOUSBM QBSU PG UIF TUBUF
Q: What factors contributed to the increase?
Mississippi: 8JUI UIF ESPVHIU BOE TIPSUBHF JO MJNJUFE PรฒFST KVNQFE UP QFS UPOย BOE NBOZ HSPXFST JO .JTTJTTJQQJ QSPEVDFE BCPVU UXP UPOT QFS BDSF *O XF IBE B MPU PG OFX QFBOVU HSPXFST BOE NBOZ TFBTPOFE QFBOVU GBSNFST QMBOUFE UP NPSF BDSFT PG QFB OVUT 8F EPVCMFE PVS OVNCFS PG QFBOVU GBSNFST UIJT ZFBS XJUI BDSFT QMBOUFE CZ OFX HSPXFST $MJOU 8JMMJBNT BMTP IBT UXP OFX CVZJOH QPJOUT JO OPSUIFSO .JTTJTTJQQJ XIJDI FOBCMFE NPSF QFBOVUT UP CF HSPXO JO UIBU BSFB Arkansas: * CFMJFWF TPNF QFBOVU DPNQBOJFT SBO JOUP TVQQMZ QSPC MFNT EVF UP UIF SFEVDUJPO PG ZJFMET FYQFSJFODFE JO B OVNCFS PG UIFJS QSJNBSZ QSPEVDUJPO BSFBT GSPN TFWFSF ESPVHIU DPOEJUJPOT JO J F 5FYBT 0LMBIPNB BOE /FX .FYJDP *O BO FรฒPSU UP NJOJNJ[F UIF SJTL BTTP DJBUFE XJUI DPOUJOVFE QSPEVDUJPO JO UIFTF BSFBT QFBOVU DPNQBOJFT BSF MPPLJOH BU QSPEVDUJPO BSFBT UIBU IBWF BWBJMBCJMJUZ PG JSSJHBUJPO GBDJMJUJFT TPJMT BEBQUFE UP QFBOVU QSPEVDUJPO BOE XJMMJOH HSPXFST
Q: What do you expect for the future of peanut
production in your state? Mississippi: 8JUI UIF TVSQMVT PG QFBOVUT GSPN * CFMJFWF UIBU UIF QSJDF XJMM ESPQ TPNF JO 0MEFS QFBOVU HSPXFST XJMM DVU UIFJS BDSF BHF CBDL UP OPSNBM MFWFMT 4PNF PG UIF OFX HSPXFST NBZ ESPQ PVU CVU GSPN XIBU * N IFBSJOH UP EBUF NPTU PG UIFN BSF IBQQZ BOE QMBO UP QMBOU QFBOVUT BHBJO $MJOU 8JMMJBNT BMTP NBEF B IVHF DPNNJUNFOU JO CVJMEJOH UXP PG JUT MBSHFTU GBDJMJUJFT JO UIF 6 4 * UIJOL JU JT JOUFSFTUFE JO HJWJOH UIF CFTU QSJDF UP HSPXFST UP LFFQ UIFJS GBDJMJUJFT SVOOJOH * GVMMZ FYQFDU UIBU XF MM CF NPWJOH PVS BWFSBHF QSPEVDUJPO UP UP BDSFT Arkansas: 5P UIF CFTU PG NZ LOPXMFEHF UIF PVUMPPL GPS QFBOVU QSPEVDUJPO JO UIF TUBUF JT QPTJUJWF BOE HSPXFST BSF JOUFSFTUFE JO FYQBOE JOH UIFJS DSPQQJOH PQUJPOT 5P GBDJMJUBUF UIPTF PQUJPOT BEEJUJPOBM JOWFTU NFOUT XJMM CF SFRVJSFE CZ UIF QFBOVU DPNQBOJFT JO FYQBOEJOH DVSSFOU CVZJOH QPJOUT PS FTUBCMJTIJOH BEEJUJPOBM CVZJOH QPJOUT JO UIF TUBUF BOE FOUFSJOH JOUP DPOUSBDUT XJUI QSPEVDFST $VSSFOUMZ UXP DPNQBOJFT IBWF FTUBCMJTIFE B CVZJOH QPJOU PS BSF XPSLJOH XJUI B DPNNJTTJPOFE CVZJOH QPJOU
NPBโ s Scientific Advisory Council met in the fall to discuss causes and solutions for people living with food allergies. (l to r) Sherry Coleman Collins, MS, RD, LD; JJ Levenstein, MD; Gayle White, NPB Oklahoma delegate; Gideon Lack, MD; Marie Fenn, NPB president and managing director, 2000-2012; Soheila Maleki, PhD; and Ryan Lepicier, NPB vice president of marketing and communications.
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