Citrus Growers, Others Learn About Freeze Protection

Ernie Neff December 10, 2013 Citrus, Florida, Specialty Crops

Forty-five Florida citrus and blueberry growers and others learn about tools they might use to cope with a freeze at a Winter Weather School in Tavares.

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