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Agri View: Okra, a Different Kind of Vegetable

Dan April 13, 2018 Agri View, Vegetables

Everett Griner talks about okra in today’s Agri View. Everett gives us a bit of its history and tells us why this is such a different kind of vegetable. Okra, a Different Kind of Vegetable Well. I got surprise. A three page informational sheet on okra. A lot of people don’t even know what okra is. Well, it is a …

Medfly Quarantine Expansion
Federal and state agriculture officials expanded the Santa Clara Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) quarantine twice in late October in California’s Alameda and Santa Clara counties. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) enacted the expansion. On Oct. 21, the agencies expanded […]
Foreign Barriers to Florida Citrus
The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA) recently provided comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative as part of the annual review of foreign barriers to U.S. exports and investment. The FFVA letter noted injury to Florida citrus caused by low-priced imports from Mexico and the European Union’s use of scientifically unjustified, […]

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