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Banana Bunchy Top Virus

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Here I am, pulling my shift at the Banana Bunchy Top Virus Patrol booth at the recent County Fair. 

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An example of Banana Bunchy Top Virus. Each successive leaf is shorter than the one before. Before we brought this to the fair, we make sure to eradicate all the aphids. BBTV is spread either by planting infected plants or by the banana aphid.

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A lost baby goat being carried back to its mama.

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Young Tarring is a second-generation banana farmer. His dad Mike Tarring and I started growing bananas at about the same time. 

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And re: this question….

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The answer is: Me, at 960-1057.