Citrus Industry eNews: Citrus Land Value Reports

Tacy Callies Citrus, Florida

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Jeff Cusson

Ben Gibson

DON’T MISS THIS
Citrus Land Values
Jeff Cusson and Ben Gibson of Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate report on the value of Florida citrus land sales in 2012. Hear the Indian River report and the Peace River and Gulf report.

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Mike Sparks

FROM THE FIELD
Citrus Mutual Meeting Focus is … HLB
Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks started the organization’s first area meeting this week with a look at possible federal immigration legislation. Citrus greening, or HLB, and research into it dominated the rest of the session. Get the details.

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HAVE YOU HEARD?
Click on the links below to read or hear the stories.
April Citrus Industry: Castle, Canker, Copper and More
Old Packinghouse is Getting a New Lease on Life
Citrus Officials Hope for the Future
Florida Citrus Growers Cross Fingers for Greening Solution
The Green Death
Exotic Juice Blends are Putting the Squeeze on OJ
Chinese Citrus Ban Leaves CA Scrambling for Answers
Brazil Pushes Prices of OJ and Other Fruit Up

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Tom Rooney

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Rooney Addresses Citrus Research Funding
Congressman Tom Rooney says citrus greening research is his top priority. He also offers a candid assessment of the chances for a bill that would use some of the tariffs collected on imported citrus products to fund citrus research. Hear the details.

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OUT AND ABOUT
Whiskey for Sustenance and Other Citrus Tales
How whiskey helped keep workers banking trees so they could be saved in the 1962 freeze was one of numerous citrus remembrances that growers and others shared in a Thursday evening program at Florida Southern College. The program, which attracted about 200, was called “A Celebration of Florida Citrus Through the Years.” Learn more.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
April 22 Citrus Research and Development Foundation Finance and Audit Committee Meeting, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, contact Diane Johnson at 863-956-8817 or djohnson@citrusrdf.org

April 22 Gift Fruit Shippers Advisory Council Meeting, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, contact Heather Facey at 863-537-3953 or hfacey@citrus.state.fl.us

April 23 Citrus Greening Interaction and Some Ways to Alleviate Greening Damage to Citrus, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, contact Mongi Zekri at 863-674-4092 or maz@ufl.edu for required pre-registration

April 23 Citrus Research and Development Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, contact Diane Johnson at 863-956-8817 or djohnson@citrusrdf.org

April 24-25 UF/IFAS Extension Juice HACCP Workshop, Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred

April 25 Citrus Golf Day, Pinecrest Golf Club, Avon Park

April 25 Florida Citrus Mutual Area Meeting and Board Election for Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4, Lake County Ag Center, Tavares, RSVP to Kara at 863-682-1111 or karac@flcitrusmutual.com

April 30 Florida Citrus Mutual Area Meeting and Board Election for District 7, Indian River Citrus League, RSVP to Kara at 863-682-1111 or karac@flcitrusmutual.com

May 2 Florida Citrus Mutual Area Meeting and Board Election for District 10,
Forrey’s Grill, LaBelle, RSVP to Kara at 863-682-1111 or karac@flcitrusmutual.com

May 8 Florida Citrus Commission Meeting, Florida Department of Citrus, Bartow

May 18 Farm Safety Day, Southwest Florida REC, Immokalee, contact Barbara Hyman at 239-658-3400 or hymanb@ufl.edu

Aug. 14-15 Citrus Expo, Lee Civic Center, North Fort Myers, pre-register online

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