Pistachio a sudden 50% loss in the Australian pistachio harvest. Several years of severe drought in Iran around 2008 to 2015 caused significant declines in production. In 2016, world production of pistachios was 1.1 million tonnes, with the United States and Iran as leading producers, together accounting for 68% of the total (table). Secondary producers were Turkey and China. The kernels are often eaten whole, either fresh or roasted and salted, and are also used in pistachio ice cream, kulfi, spumoni, historically in Neapolitan ice cream, pistachio butter, pistachio paste and confections such as baklava, pistachio chocolate, pistachio halva, pistachio lokum
Deez Nuts (politician) balanced, after which the salaries may slowly rise until they normalize. Nuts believes the salaries should be cut once again if the budget becomes unbalanced. Nuts also believes that tax incentives are crucial to offer to corporations in order to keep jobs in the United States, as opposed to outsourcing. Nuts envisions a more self-sufficient United States in the future, not reliant on foreign imports. Nuts supports cutting subsidies to oil companies and giving tax incentives to individuals and corporations implementing renewable energy and "green" technology—in particular, he supports grants to communities installing municipal wind turbines, hydroelectric dams, and rooftop