Greening Research From A Growers Perspective

Gary Cooper Citrus, Citrus Expo News, Florida

Jerry Newlin V P of Production for Orange-Co In Arcadia, Jerry Newlin is also very involved at the industry level in efforts to guide greening research. Jerry is a leader of the Florida Citrus Production Managers’ Association and more recently, chairman of the Citrus Research Greening Task Force and a member of the Citrus Expo Steering Committee. In these reports, Newlin discusses the state of citrus greening research both here in the Unites States and in Brazil, from his perspective as a grower, and with a positive outlook he talks about how many entities are joining forces to tackle the greening problem. Listen To wmaReport (1:30 mp3)Listen To wmaReport (1:30 mp3)

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