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Peanut allergies in U.S. babies have dropped — here’s how early introduction is helping (and how to try it safely)

A large U.S. analysis of 125,000 kids found a 36% drop in food allergies after guidance shifted to introducing allergens in infancy, including a 43% decline in peanut allergy. Eggs have now overtaken ...
WGBH

U.S. To Ship Peanuts To Feed Haitian Kids; Aid Groups Say 'This Is Wrong'

On paper, sending surplus U.S. peanuts to feed 140,000 malnourished Haitian schoolchildren for a full year sounds like a heroic plan. Instead, it's united 60 aid groups that are urgently calling on ...
Agri-Pulse

US peanut farmers look to China as a new long-term growth market

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - China is finally buying U.S. peanuts on a seriously high level and farmers and farm groups here are doing their best to make sure it stays that way. The USDA is predicting ...
AG Week

Growing peanut pile threatens to hand U.S. taxpayers nearly $2-billion bailout bill

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mountain of peanuts is piling up in the U.S. south, threatening to hand American taxpayers a near $2-billion bailout bill over the next three years, and leaving the government ...
Glamour

Health Controversy: U.S. Considering Banning Peanuts on Planes to Protect Allergy Sufferers--Support It?

Approximately 1.8 million Americans sufferers from a peanut allergy (many of which are severe and life-threatening)--my 3 year old is one. The U.S. is now considering a ban on peanuts on airplanes to ...
AgWeb

Peanut Farmers Harvest U.S. Federal Checks as Glut Persists

While Americans can’t seem to get enough of Tim McMillan’s peanuts, it’s the government checks he receives that keep his Georgia farm from losing money. These should be the best of times for growers ...
CBC.ca

U.S. group backs engineered peanuts

A U.S. industry group has given scientists the go-ahead to build genetically engineered peanuts that could be safer, more nutritious and easier to grow than their conventional version. The work could ...