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Happy National Asparagus Day! Get to Know Spring’s Delicious Vegetable

May 24, 2022 Clayton Myers, Entomologist, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy

USDA wishes you a happy National Asparagus Day! Americans consume over 500 million pounds of asparagus each year, and 80-90% of that is imported, mainly from Mexico and Peru. While domestic production continues to decline year-by-year, per capita consumption is growing and U.S. growers still produce...

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