Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight: Oriental Fruit Fly

Randall Weiseman March 14, 2016 Ag "Outdoors", FL Commissioner Report, Florida, General, Specialty Crops

Adam Putnam

On this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talks to Franko Galoso about the successful results of combating the Oriental Fruit Fly.

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