Mutual’s Sparks Discusses Successes Of HLB Conference

Dan January 17, 2011 Citrus, Florida

Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks provides an overview of last week’s International Research Conference on HLB, which drew 400 researchers and 100 growers to Orlando.

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