Indian River Citrus League Annual Meeting

Josh McGill October 7, 2015 Citrus, Florida, General

Doug Bournique

The Indian River Citrus League held its 85th annual meeting yesterday in Vero Beach. Executive director of the league, Doug Bournique, moderated the event, which covered important issues such as water management and the state of citrus in the Indian River region. Bournique spoke with us afterwards about how he is hopeful about this year’s crop and he is interested to see what the crop forecast will hold.

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