This posting is for the chart of the 2006-2007 citrus crop forecast that was released October 12, 2006. This chart also includes final crop numbers for several of the previous years for comparison. USDA updates its crop forecast numbers monthly throughout the season, and Southeast AgNet will cover each update. We appreciate Stallings Crop Insurance, International Trucks and the Tampa …
Reply to Previous Grower Trial Posting
While we will not do a special posting like this for each reply we recieve to Grower Trials, I am sharing this to show you what it looks like when a reply comment is recieved. The questions below were received today in reply to Grower Trials Report # 2, which was posted to this site a couple days ago. Now, …
Gulf Citrus Growers Focus on Marketing and Research at Luncheon
Gulf Citrus Growers gathered for the Fall Membership Luncheon, where they discussed Marketing and Research with the Florida Department of Citrus. Gary Cooper reports. Report (1:13 wma)
Indian River Growers Host Candidates at Mtg
Indian River Citrus League Executive Doug Bournique says there were candidates-a-plenty at the League’s Annual meeting Tuesday in Ft. Pierce. Republican Candidate to replace Congressman Mark Foley is Joe Negron, and he was the featured speaker. In this report Bournique discusses the importance of getting Foley’s replacement on the House Agriculture Committee. Report (:59 wma)
FL Growers Mixed with Optimism & Challenge
V. P. of Citrus Production for Orange-Co in Arcadia, Jerry Newlin, also presently leads the Florida Citrus Production Managers Association. Newlin says growers have mixed optimism and challenges going into this year’s Florida harvest. Newlin has also been instrumental in working with Southeast AgNet to develop an on-line method for growers and production managers to easily share their field experiences …
Info Flow re Disease Mgmt Critical for Growers
UF Director of the Lake Alfred Citrus Research Center, Dr Harold Browning, in this report discusses the importance of information flow and sharing among researchers and the grower community, as more information about canker and greening is being learned. This story also again has brief instructions how growers can use the new Grower Trials section of this website, under the …
Grower Trials Report #2 John Gose-Lykes Bros
This entry to “Grower Trials” comes to us from Highlands County Citrus Growers Association and John Gose of Lykes Bros, who provides this recent memo of field notes and observations dated October 20. Grower Trials Report # 2 (pdf file) Citrus Growers anywhere are invited to send their own grower trials, questions and comments with regard to their dealings with …
Map of Citrus Greening in FL 10-25-06
A new map of citrus greening locations in Florida is making the rounds. (pdf file) Growers, don’t forget you can now share what you are doing to deal with canker and greening, and read what others are doing in their efforts to deal with these diseases in Florida citrus. To send a message to grower trials, e-mail us at growertrials@southeastagnet.com
New Housing To Address Farmworker Needs in SW FL
Hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 devastated farmworker housing in many critical agriculture regions of Florida, which made an already tight farm labor situation even worse in recent months. Thanks to many parts of the community coming together to help re-establish housing for ag labor in the region, a new development recieves a ‘groundblessing’ Oct 28 in Arcadia. In this report, …