The Florida Citrus Show held in Ft. Pierce this week put heavy emphasis on research into citrus greening disease and canker, and, the funding needed for theat research. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff discusses that focus in this first rerport. Download Audio In this second report, Neff reports on a speaker who draws smiles when he talks about grapefruit exports to …

Florida Citrus Packers Executive Vice President Richard Kinney (top left) recently appealed to the Florida Citrus Commission to help Florida growers have more affordable and timely access to new citrus varieties developed by University of Florida -IFAS plant breeders. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff offers the basics of Kinney’s appeal in the first report. Download Audio Listen to the remaining audio …

The February 9 USDA crop forecast will give some indication how much of Florida’s citrus crop was lost to the January freezes; the March forecast will give a more complete picture, Candi Erick, USDA’s agricultural statistics administrator for Florida, says in the first report. That report also notes that the Florida Department of Citrus budget has been cut some because …