Sen. Nelson Meets with Citrus Growers

Josh McGill October 14, 2015 Citrus, Florida, General

Sen. Bill Nelson

This year’s citrus crop forecast left growers shocked with an all-Florida orange estimate of only 80 million boxes. In light of this estimate, Sen. Bill Nelson held a meeting with a group of citrus growers yesterday at the Florida Citrus Mutual headquarters. Sen. Nelson spoke with us after the meeting and gave some words of encouragement to the citrus industry.

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