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Estimating How Many Peanuts are Needed Worldwide

Dan May 13, 2022 Peanuts, USDA-FAS

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) recently put together their estimate as to how many peanuts will be needed worldwide. Tyron Spearman has more details.

Funding for Exports Awarded

Dan February 23, 2022 Economy, Exports/Imports, Field Crops, Peanuts, USDA-FAS

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has awarded funding for the expansion of U.S. products going to exports markets. Tyron Spearman has the story. The FAS links U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security.

Fruit Flies Are Major Cause of Fruit Drop in Brazil
Brazil’s Fundecitrus recently pointed out that fruit flies, along with citrus fruit borers, are primarily responsible for the country’s citrus fruit drop. The organization suggested that monitoring and management must be taken to avoid economic damage, since fruit flies occur throughout the year. Fundecitrus described the fruit flies that cause damage in Brazil and suggested […]
Lebbeck Mealybug on the Move in Florida Groves
In the May episode of the All In For Citrus podcast, Lauren Diepenbrock, an entomologist with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), discusses her research on the lebbeck mealybug. The pest was first identified in Florida in the Boynton Beach area in 2009 in a natural habit. “It was not […]