Citrus Box Tax Committee Considers More Research Projects

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

Peter McClureThe National Academy of Sciences recently recommended more than 80 citrus research projects be funded out of more than 200 proposed. As paperwork gets done to get those into action, growers and others on the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council (Box Tax Council) are looking at some of the remaining proposals for possible funding in the near future. Council Chairman and grower Peter McClure recently discussed the process with AgNet’s Ernie Neff, and described the progress of protecting the rights for whatever research discoveries that lie ahead. Hear more about it in this report.