About 25 growers journeyed to Indian Town and Fort Pierce in August to see advanced citrus production systems at work in actual groves. Extension agent Ryan Atwood, who coordinated the field day, explains why the growers are interested. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre.

A report in last week’s Florida Citrus Mutual Triangle publication confirms what most in the industry already know, that it’s hard to beat the U.S. Department of Agriculture at forecasting the size of the Florida orange crop. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre.

In the first of these reports, Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks updates progress on the effort to create a national research board funded by tariffs on imported citrus products. In the others, he says the hoped-for legislation would create reliable research funds year after year, and says continuous research is needed to cope with problems that will hit U.S. …

Several meetings scheduled for this week show that the Florida citrus industry’s summer vacation is very much over. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre.