Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks Discusses Issues

Gary Cooper October 23, 2007 Citrus, Florida

In this report, now that the crop forecast is in and the harvest getting underway, we asked Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks about the issues Mutual has on its plate going into the harvest season.
Report (2:00 mp3)

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