In these two reports Indian River Citrus League executive Doug Bournique discusses ideas his growers are pursuing, one of which they hope will more effectively deal with abandoned groves in their area and the other to better generate income from acres presently devoted to water retention. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …

In this report Florida Citrus Mutual’s Mike Sparks comments on the importance of the upcoming grower referendum that, if passed, will provide more needed funding for citrus research. Ballots will go out mid November, and growers will have only three weeks to return them to be counted in the vote. We’ll have more details in coming reports about this referendum, …

As a member of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation, Jerry Newlin of Orange-Co has led the call for more research into nutritional sprays and other alternatives for coping with greening disease. In the first report, he says his company still follows the standard greening disease protocol of aggressively removing infected trees, but tells why some growers need other options. …