Word: citrus
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Another contentious issue involves agriculture. An agreement governing Japanese imports of American beef and citrus products expired, and negotiators from the two countries were deadlocked. The U.S. wants Japan to remove its quotas on beef and citrus imports. With U.S. sirloin costing as much as $20 per lb. in Tokyo, Japan was willing to liberalize quotas but refused to eliminate them. Since the ruling Liberal Democratic Party depends so heavily on farmers' support, the government has not been able to take such a politically risky step...
When Texas state inspectors set up checkpoints last week along two major highways leading into the state, they were not worried about escaped convicts or gunrunners. They were on the lookout for fugitives from Florida: oranges, grapefruit and other citrus. The roadblocks were the latest development in a tart tussle among citrus-growing states that began earlier this month, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture lifted a ban on shipments of the fresh Florida fruit to Arizona, California and Texas, among other citrus-producing areas...
...halt an epidemic of canker, a deadly plant disease. In response to the end of the ban, Texas declared a 30- day embargo on Florida imports to allow time to make a case that canker remains a threat. Florida growers, who sold $25 million worth of citrus in the banned states in the 1983-84 season, aim to challenge the Texas embargo in court...
...dried tangerine peel comes through to lift it to the top of the class. It's a good serving and a good dish, but the best of these use a simpler sauce, with more red pepper to open special nasal passages that are then messaged by the citrus aroma...
...dried tangerine peel comes through to lift it to the top of the class. It's a good serving and a good dish, but the best of these use a simpler sauce, with more red pepper to open special nasal passages that are then messaged by the citrus aroma...