Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 12/12/18

Dan Ward, a peanut farmer from Clarkton, N. C., was elected chairman of the 12-member National Peanut Board last week during the Board’s quarterly meeting in Atlanta, Ga. Ward, who served last year as vice chairman, will begin his one-year term January 1. Greg Gill of Walnut Ridge, Ark., is immediate past chairman. “I’m humbled and honored to serve as chairman of the National Peanut Board this year,” said Ward. “We have a broad program of work to implement in 2019—everything from our Early Introduction campaign to drive awareness of the guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergies...

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