National Peanut Butter Month

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - March is National Peanut Month, and peanut is Farm Families of Mississippi’s commodity of the month.

Mississippi produces nearly 80 million pounds of peanuts each year on 118 farms covering 18,000 acres.

The average American consumes more than six pounds of peanuts and peanut products.

Lacy Varner and Jill Parker joined Studio 3 to discuss the benefits of peanuts!

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