AGRICULTURE
USDA Considers Easing Ban on Mexican Avocados: The U.S. ban on Mexico’s avocados, imposed in 1914 over concerns about pests native to Mexico, has long been a source of friction between the two countries. The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposes lifting the ban from November through February, California’s off-market period, but Mexico’s peak. Only high-grade export-quality avocados grown in approved orchards in Michoacan could be imported, and then only into 19 states where cold weather would kill any pests. California growers have strongly supported the ban.
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