Most of the time the state’s regional citrus groups leave it up to Florida Citrus Mutual (FCM) to lead the pack when it comes to federal and state legislative affairs. In this series of reports, Mutual CEO Mike Sparks discusses many of the issues on their plate right now. In the first two cuts, working together with California and Texas in DC for better research funding:
In the next report, Sparks comments on the “big ask” of a hundred million dollars for research funding:
In the final two segments in this series, Sparks discusses rules impacting Florida FRESH citrus growers & shippers that need a fix: