July 2014
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U.S. peanuts farmers can expect a “paradigm shift” in peanut production within a few years when breeders begin taking advantage of a new tool to select for improved traits in new varieties. Click here for more details.
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The Georgia Peanut Commission board of directors unanimously approved a motion opposing the sharing of grower-funded technology with other countries in direct competition with domestically produced peanuts. Click here for more details.
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According to the Georgia Peanut Commission, the state average last year was about 4,500 pounds. That’s a thousand pounds more than the average 3,500 put out yearly in each of the past ten years. Click here for more details.
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Some moms joke that their toddlers live on peanut butter. But for thousands of malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa, the traditional sandwich spread has literally been a lifesaver—thanks in part to Dr. Mark Manary, a professor of pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis and founder of Project Peanut Butter (PPB). Click here for more details.
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DBV Technologies , creator of Viaskin®, a new paradigm for the treatment of food allergies, and the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR) announced today that enrollment into the CoFAR6 study, a multi-center, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial of Viaskin® Peanut for the treatment of peanut allergic children and adults (4 to 25…
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Rainfall is a blessing most of the time for dryland peanut farmers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but it can also be a curse for fighting peanut diseases. For peanut producer Steve Seward, crop rotation, diversity and a strong fungicide program help keep disease in check and yields consistently high. Click here for more details.
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