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Citrus Panel Chief: ‘We are Running out of Time’ on HLB

Ernie Neff October 22, 2013 Citrus, Florida

Citrus Research and Development Foundation President Tom Jerkins

Citrus Research and Development Foundation President Tom Jerkins told his fellow foundation board members Tuesday that the Florida citrus industry in its current form is “going away” without a solution to HLB soon. He tells where he thinks a short-term solution may lie and discusses the HLB-induced economic reasons for the industry’s decline.


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