An Overview of the U.S. Bell Pepper Industry
A pile of harvested bell peppers.
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Keywords

FE1028
Pepper
Vegetable Industry

How to Cite

Biswas, Trina, Zhengfei Guan, and Feng Wu. 2018. “An Overview of the U.S. Bell Pepper Industry: FE1028, 12/2017”. EDIS 2018 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1028-2017.

Abstract

Bell pepper is one of the most widely cultivated vegetable crops in the world; it is widely grown all over the United States, and production of bell pepper has been a major economic contribution to the vegetable industry in Florida and California. This 4-page fact sheet written by Trina Biswas, Zhengfei Guan, and Feng Wu and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department provides an overview of the US bell pepper industry, including production, prices, and trade.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1028

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1028-2017
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