Citrus Abscission Chemical Nearer to Registration for Use

Gary Cooper April 22, 2009 Citrus, Florida

AgNet’s Ernie Neff files this report from a meeting in Immokalee this week that featured updates on mechanical harvesting and the abscission chemical being worked on that is considered critical to the harvesting process.

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