Indian River Citrus League’s Doug Bournique says the idea of Low Volume Aerial Sprays for citrus psyllid controls have lots of advantages for growers, and he also discusses the idea time windows for these applications in this report. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, …

In this report, Florida Citrus Mutual Executive Mike Sparks notes the importance of the Florida Department of Citrus and the retail sector when it comes to moving orange juice supplies in the pipeline along with the current year’s crop. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Some growers fear that voting for increased research taxes in a November referendum will add to their overall tax burden. In this report, Florida Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton assures growers that voting for the new research order will actually be “tax neutral” and explains why. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester …

Current economic and political conditions that allow hand harvesting of citrus won’t last forever, says Paul Meador, chair of the Florida Citrus Commission’s Harvesting Research Advisory Council. “Mechanical harvesting is the future,” he declares. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Michael Rogers, one of the University of Florida scientists doing extensive work on psyllid control in the fight against citrus greening disease, shares some research findings that should be helpful to growers. In the first report, he notes that greening-transmitting psyllids are becoming more tolerant of insecticides, and tells what growers can do about it. In thesecond report, he says …

Several growers attend the public hearing on a Proposed State Citrus Research Order that growers will vote on in November. The proposed order would raise the maximum research tax from one cent per box of fruit to three cents. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff gives a brief summary of the hearing in the first report. In the second report, Florida Citrus …