Comments in this story from Ben Albritton, wearing his grower and grove caretaker hat when asked what he would say to growers having to deal with standing water in their groves from recent storm activity. Albritton is also Chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission right now, and was among several hundred citrus growers attending the re-scheduled Citrus Expo Seminars Thursday at UF/CREC at Lake Alfred.
In this report we share reaction comments from citrus grower & caretaker, who’s also Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton of Wauchula, who offers these comments about the re-scheduled Citrus Expo seminars attended by about 350 growers and others Thursday September 4. To Ben and all the other 350 or so growers who participated at both locations we also say “Thanks” for coming out on what was a beautiful day at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) at Lake Alfred, and the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) in Immokalee.
Citrus Growers voted with their attendance this week at the re-scheduled Citrus Expo Seminars. About 300 at Lake Alfred and 50 or so in Immokalee attended the day long series of talks, focusing on the very latest research information about citrus greening. Bayer CropScience also used the event to help launch their new product “Movento”, and attendees enjoyed Love Boat Ice Cream at Bayer’s Ice Cream Social throughout the day. Stay tuned as we bring you interview clips with many of the speakers and other news gathered at this year’s Citrus Expo Seminars. A special thank you for all who attended, and all who helped set up for these events at both the CREC in Lake Alfred, and SWFREC in Immokalee. Hear more, and some grower reactions, in these two reports.
Lots of people have participated in the effort to re-schedule this year’s Citrus Expo Seminars after the blowout of the originally scheduled Expo event by Storm Fay a couple weeks back in Ft Myers. The folks at University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) at Lake Alfred (photo) have been a huge help in preparing the Ben Hill Griffin Auditorium at CREC for hundreds of growers, and UF’s Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) at Immokalee is also set for a full house too. The seminars will be available at both locations via two-way closed circuit broadcast, and full meals will be served for both lunch and dinner at both locations for all who attend.
The re-scheduled Citrus Expo Seminars this Thursday Sept 4 are still on, as Hanna still meanders trying to figure out which way she wants to go. Growers will get plenty of CEU credits for this full day of seminars, and all who attend should get plenty to eat too. Tell your grower neighbors, and find seminar listings and more details about this Thursday’s seminar program in Lake Alfred and Immokalee at www.CitrusExpo.net. You can also hear more in the two radio network reports posted below.
A new tropical weather system, Hanna, may threaten this week’s re-scheduled Citrus Expo Grower Seminars. As the time of this post Monday the re-staged seminars are still set for Thursday this week at Lake Alfred Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC), with ‘live’ video hookup to the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) in Immokalee. The full-day seminar schedule is still planned as of this writing but should forecasts turn more ominous a final determination will be made and confirmed no later than 9 a m this Wednesday morning. Stay tuned to Southeast AgNet citrus news radio stations, to this website, or to www.CitrusExpo.net for the very latest. Meanwhile, hear more in these two reports.
Indian River citrus growers are dealing with more water than some of them have ever seen in their groves. In these reports, news and comments from Florida Citrus Packers Association spokesman Richard Kinney as growers now keep an eye on forecasts for the latest storm threat to the region, Hanna. Also in these reports, comments on what growers can expect at this week’s single day of re-scheduled Citrus Expo seminars, set for Lake Alfred and Immokalee for this Thursday, unless Hanna decides to become more ominous in the meantime, stay tuned. Click Here for the latest on re-scheduled Expo seminars
Citrus growers are reminded about the Citrus Expo Seminar coming up next Thursday, September 4th as Harold Browning with the CREC says they have a great program lined up.
To learn more about the Citrus Expo Seminar Day, click Here
Citrus growers are invited to attend the Citrus Expo Seminar coming up next Thursday, September 4th where a variety of topics will be discussed including greening and an update on psyllid management.
To learn more about the Citrus Expo Seminar Day, click Here
One of the newest members of the Citrus Research and Education Center staff at Lake Alfred is Megan Dewdney, who will be at the Citrus Expo Seminar on September 4th discussing her work with greening.
To learn more about the Citrus Expo Seminar next Thursday, click Here
More details are continuing to be confirmed for the special day of Citrus Expo replacement seminars planned for Thursday September 4. The seminar talks will be presented at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center, with live video tie-in to SWFREC in Immokalee. Find details on the seminars and other festivities planned for this event, and learn how to RSVP for the Immokalee location by visiting the CITRUS EXPO website directly.
We have been telling you ever since the 2008 Citrus Expo was cancelled earlier this week efforts have been underway to try and schedule a day when the seminar only portion of the program could still take place. And that date has been set for September 4th.
For complete details of when where and what time click Here
Since the forced cancellation of Citrus Expo this week due to official storm warnings and related factors, Citrus Expo has been working hard to research and secure some way of providing the important research updates and other materials readied for presentation to the grower and industry community. The Citrus Expo Seminars Day in this post will combine both days of Citrus Expo Seminars into a SINGLE FULL DAY. Note: CEU credits for both days of seminars that had been planned for Citrus Expo will be offered for those participating in this full day of re-scheduled presentations.
READ ON for more information on date, time, place, and other Citrus Expo Seminar Day festivities. Read the rest of this entry »
Even though the 2008 Citrus Expo had to be cancelled this week, efforts are underway to put together a “seminar-only” day to get the latest research information out to growers. Southeast AgNet President and CEO Gary Cooper updates where things stand with this.
The 2008 Citrus Expo has officially been cancelled due to weather forecasts related to Tropical Storm Fay and the issuance of a Hurricane Warning for Southwest Florida. And while it’s unfortunate for many reasons, this is a final decision and official notice that Citrus Expo has been cancelled for this week. But while Southeast AgNet President and CEO Gary Cooper said we regret this decision, due to the fact IFAS researchers have very timely information put together they were planning to pass on to growers at the Expo, work is underway to possibly hold a seminar only session late next week to still do this.
Please stay tuned to both websites www.citrusexpo.net and southeastagnet.com for more information about a possible seminar only program as once a decision is made we will have it for you right here.
AS OF 8:20 a. m. Monday August 18, 2008:
Citrus Expo has officially been cancelled due to the latest weather forecasts related to Tropical Storm (possible hurricane soon) Fay calling for a pending landfall in the area over the next couple of days. The Lee Civic Center concurs with this decision.
Further information will be posted to this website in coming days and we will be in contact with exhibitors, speakers and vendors directly. This is a final decision and official notice, Citrus Expo has been cancelled for this week.
We greatly regret this decision and have waited as long as we feel we should to see if the storm would take a stronger turn either west or east to allow for the event to go on. Without any assurances of either, we are left with no other choice at this time. We apologize for the inconveniences this will mean for many, but it is a situation totally out of our control.
The 2008 Citrus Expo is coming up next Wednesday & Thursday, August 20th and 21st at the Lee Civic Center in Ft. Myers. And Dr. Harold Browning with the Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred says this years seminar program has a lot of information for growers.
To learn more about the 2008 Citrus Expo simply click on the logo
In our continuing series, Dr. Harold Browning with the Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, has more on their research efforts with greening.
The 2008 Citrus Expo is coming up next week, August 20 & 21 in Ft. Myers. If you have yet to pre-register, do so by simply clicking the logo
In our continuing series, Dr. Harold Browning with the Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, talks about their research efforts with greening and some of the things growers can do.
The 2008 Citrus Expo is coming up next week, August 20 & 21 in Ft. Myers. If you have yet to pre-register, do so by simply clicking the logo
In our continuing series, Dr. Harold Browning with the Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, talks about greening and extra funding which they are hoping to tap into for research efforts.
Among the events to take place at Citrus Expo 2008, official meetings of the Florida Citrus Industry Research Coordinating Council (FCIRCC) and the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council (FCPRAC). These two groups are key to funding decisions and allocations of monies being raised for research. Hear more, including a brief comment from a key citrus researcher, in this report.
Citrus Expo Aug 20 & 21; Pre-register NOW-click the logo!
As part of our ongoing series of citrus greening (HLB) disease research updates, here are two more reports featuring Dr Tim Spann from UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred. Spann is also a key member of the Citrus Expo 2008 Steering Committee plannning the seminars this year to be largely focused on the latest news from greening research progress. Growers, after you listen to the two reports posted below, click here and then scroll down for more recent reports from Dr Spann.
Citrus Expo Aug 20 & 21; Pre-register NOW-click the logo!
In this report you’ll hear commentary and comments from University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center Director Dr Harold Browning, about summer greening research updates to be featured during the two days of grower seminars scheduled for Citrus Expo. Growers, your attendance is free including free breakfast and lunch both days in the trade show, and there is not a more comprehensive grower seminar available. Please pre-register to make our jobs easier to get you in upon arrival, and so you can be entered into the drawing for the gun safe sponsored by Everglades Farm Equipment.
Citrus Expo Aug 20 & 21; Pre-register NOW-click the logo!
The annual Citrus Expo is just 4 weeks away as various topics are lined up to be discussed during the seminar sessions. Dr. Tim Spann says one of those will be about fertilizers and dealing with their rising costs.
the re-scheduled Citrus Expo seminars attended by about 350 growers and others Thursday September 4. To Ben and all the other 350 or so growers who participated at both locations we also say “Thanks” for coming out on what was a beautiful day at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) at Lake Alfred, and the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) in Immokalee.
Citrus Growers voted with their attendance this week at the re-scheduled Citrus Expo Seminars. About 300 at Lake Alfred and 50 or so in Immokalee attended the day long series of talks, focusing on the very latest research information about citrus greening. Bayer CropScience also used the event to help launch their new product “Movento”, and attendees enjoyed Love Boat Ice Cream at Bayer’s Ice Cream Social throughout the day. 
Stay tuned as we bring you interview clips with many of the speakers and other news gathered at this year’s Citrus Expo Seminars. A special thank you for all who attended, and all who helped set up for these events at both the CREC in Lake Alfred, and SWFREC in Immokalee. Hear more, and some grower reactions, in these two reports.
the blowout of the originally scheduled Expo event by Storm Fay a couple weeks back in Ft Myers. The folks at University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) at Lake Alfred (photo) have been a huge help in preparing the Ben Hill Griffin Auditorium at CREC for hundreds of growers, and UF’s Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) at Immokalee is also set for a full house too. The seminars will be available at both locations via two-way closed circuit broadcast, and full meals will be served for both lunch and dinner at both locations for all who attend.
Indian River citrus growers are dealing with more water than some of them have ever seen in their groves. In these reports, news and comments from Florida Citrus Packers Association spokesman Richard Kinney as growers now keep an eye on forecasts for the latest storm threat to the region, Hanna. Also in these reports, comments on what growers can expect at this week’s single day of re-scheduled Citrus Expo seminars, set for Lake Alfred and Immokalee for this Thursday, unless Hanna decides to become more ominous in the meantime, stay tuned.
Citrus growers are reminded about the Citrus Expo Seminar coming up next Thursday, September 4th as Harold Browning with the CREC says they have a great program lined up.
Citrus growers are invited to attend the Citrus Expo Seminar coming up next Thursday, September 4th where a variety of topics will be discussed including greening and an update on psyllid management. 
One of the newest members of the Citrus Research and Education Center staff at Lake Alfred is Megan Dewdney, who will be at the Citrus Expo Seminar on September 4th discussing her work with greening. 
At the Citrus Expo Seminar next Thursday, September 4th, Dr. Tim Spann says the CREC will offer something new for growers. 
September 4th is the date for the Citrus Expo Seminar Day as Gary Cooper explains where and how it will be held. 
In our series on citrus greening research presently underway, Plant Pathologist Dr. Ron Brlansky at 
