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turtleman
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Joined: 30 Nov 2008
Posts: 225
Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Wed 09 Mar, 2011 6:05 pm |
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So I'm told that USDA is implementing a full State Quarantine.... Not from ACP mind you.. but from Orange Citrus Scale.. Nothing will move out of the State...
You'll read in the news in a few days... (who knows what they will say) |
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Mark_T
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Joined: 30 Jun 2009
Posts: 757
Location: Gilbert,AZ
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| Posted: Wed 09 Mar, 2011 9:02 pm |
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| turtleman wrote: | So I'm told that USDA is implementing a full State Quarantine.... Not from ACP mind you.. but from Orange Citrus Scale.. Nothing will move out of the State...
You'll read in the news in a few days... (who knows what they will say) |
great... Do you have any info on the Orange Citrus Scale? A Quick Google search didn't seem to yield any info. |
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turtleman
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Wed 09 Mar, 2011 11:36 pm |
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Mark_T
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Location: Gilbert,AZ
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| Posted: Thu 10 Mar, 2011 12:09 am |
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Is there a treatment for this or is it fatal? |
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Thu 10 Mar, 2011 1:32 am |
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turtleman, thanks for the correction. I was asking myself why on earth would the USDA ever quarantine Arizona just for scale. - Millet (677-) |
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turtleman
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Joined: 30 Nov 2008
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Thu 10 Mar, 2011 2:16 am |
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Sorry for the mis-type, sometimes my brain thinks one thing and my fingers type another..
Mark.. This is one of the main issues we have with the Federal USDA, the scab is only cosmetic and doesn't affect the quality of the fruit.
I currently am the Ag Nursery and Greenhouse committee chairman for the State Farm Bureau, and things like this are what we seem to fight all the time. We have a Federal Appointed person who mandates these kind of things on US growers but they allow tons of unchecked commodities across the borders, much of the time transporting new strains of virus and or pest.
American Agriculture is being regulated out of business |
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Mark_T
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Joined: 30 Jun 2009
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Location: Gilbert,AZ
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| Posted: Thu 10 Mar, 2011 3:37 am |
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Sorry to hear that about your frustrations turtleman. So, trees can be treated with copper or fungicide sprays and clear this up? |
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cemkage
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| Posted: Wed 16 Mar, 2011 5:30 pm |
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| turtleman wrote: | ...
I currently am the Ag Nursery and Greenhouse committee chairman for the State Farm Bureau, and things like this are... but they allow tons of unchecked commodities across the borders, much of the time transporting new strains of virus and or pest... |
Thanks for the sharing a deeper insight of the real situation. |
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SusanB
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