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  2. Leonard M. Pike - Wikipedia

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    Leonard M. Pike (February 1, 1940 – January 12, 2019) was an American agricultural scientist who established the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center at Texas A&M University in 1992 and created the 1015 sweet onion and the BetaSweet maroon carrot.

  3. Agriculture in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas is one of the largest producers of onions. [18]: 5 Production here suffers from onion thrips (Thrips tabaci (Lindeman)) and onion maggots (Delia antiqua (Meigen)). [18]: 5 Texas is one of the major growers of watermelons. [18]: 5 Whiteflies and aphids commonly vector Cucurbit viruses here.

  4. Hardin County onion pickers strike - Wikipedia

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    Crop yields from the Hardin County onion fields were declining significantly by 1930 due to soil exhaustion as crop rotation was not practiced. As the Great Depression worsened, growers reduced the amount of land under cultivation even further to only 3,500 acres (14 km 2). Growers also cut wages and required laborers to work longer hours. [1 ...

  5. Onions recalled by McDonald's supplier as officials expect E ...

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    Produce company Taylor Farms has issued a voluntary recall on raw onions in connection with a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's quarter pounders. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

  6. Agriculture in the Southwestern United States - Wikipedia

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    Over 49,000 dry tons of chili peppers were grown in New Mexico in 2007, 35 million pounds of peanuts were grown, and 63,000 acres were used for onion production. New Mexico is also a significant producer of pinto beans and grapes. [9] Since Nevada uses 90 percent of its cropland to grow hay, it is not a major contributor to other crops.

  7. FDA eyes McDonald's supplier's onions as source of E. Coli ...

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    The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether Taylor Farms, a supplier for McDonald’s, is the possible source of the E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder hamburgers, which has ...

  8. Sweet onion - Wikipedia

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    The sweet onion was adopted as Texas' official state onion in 1997. The Walla Walla sweet onion is named for Walla Walla County, Washington, where it is grown. [7] [8] Its development began around 1900 when Peter Pieri, a French soldier who settled in the area, brought sweet onion seed from the island of Corsica with him to the Walla Walla ...

  9. Onions were likely source of McDonald's E. coli outbreak, US ...

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    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that slivered onions served on McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers and other menu items were the likely source of an E. coli ...

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