National Peanut Board
The National Peanut Board is a program sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service to support and expand existing markets, develop new markets, and facilitate the economical production of peanuts for export. The board's activities are funded by a mandatory checkoff of one percent on the crop value.
History
Congress authorized the National Peanut Board in the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996.{{cite web|title=Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-1996-title7/pdf/USCODE-1996-title7-chap101-subchapII.pdf|publisher=Government Printing Office|accessdate=12 October 2017}} The USDA instantiated the Peanut Board in 2000.{{cite web|title=PART 1216—PEANUT PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION ORDER|url=https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=719053f16050a70daea5f746f306d462&mc=true&node=pt7.10.1216&rgn=div5|publisher=Government Printing Office|accessdate=12 October 2017}}
The Board's annual funding supports research to reduce production costs, improve quality and yield, improve shelf life and flavor, explore nutrition research and investigate potential ways to lessen peanut allergy. The Board can also enter into cooperative agreements with peanut product manufacturers to promote American peanut products.{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Lauren|title=Why the National Peanut Board Is Unleashing a Year's Worth of Tweets in One Day|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/why-national-peanut-board-unleashing-years-worth-tweets-one-day-168805/|accessdate=12 October 2017|publisher=Adweek|date=January 4, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Bill|title=US peanut farmers look to China as a new long term growth market|url=https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/9917-us-peanut-farmers-look-to-china-as-a-new-long-term-growth-market|accessdate=12 October 2017|publisher=Agri Pulse|date=September 27, 2017}}
References
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- [http://www.nationalpeanutboard.org National Peanut Board]