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Infestation threatens jobs, economy

2015-10-02 02:35:26| Agriculture - Topix.net

An extremely devastating pest to agriculture, the Oriental fruit fly, has descended upon Miami-Dade County. When I recently visited to meet with growers and community leaders, the anxiety about the unknown and the 98-square-mile quarantine, which is more than three times the size of Manhattan, was palpable.

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