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. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps …
La Niña is Real
Everett Griner tells us about this weather system being firmly entrenched. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
Sparks Updates Efforts To Fund Citrus Research With Tariffs
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. …
Citrus’ Summer Vacation Is Over, Meeting Schedule Shows
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. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers …
Infestation???
Fleas, ticks, bedbugs…is there an infestation? Everett Griner lets us know. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
Resistant Weeds
Everett Griner tells us how producers are coping with chemical resistant weeds multiplying. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
Foliar Nutrition For HLB Depends On Citrus Psyllid Control
University of Florida researcher Bob Rouse says the successful use of nutritional sprays to keep HLB-infected trees productive is dependent on keeping the psyllids that spread HLB under control. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Synthetic Stall
Synthetic fuels production is at a standstill. Everett Griner tells us why. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
RNAi Research Offers Psyllid Control Promise For Citrus
U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist Wayne Hunter, based in Fort Pierce, is creating excitement in research circles with his promising work on a genetic based approach to controlling the psyllids that spread HLB. In the first of these reports, he describes how RNAi works. In the second, he discusses efforts to make it work in the grove and how soon …
Gunter: Combining Citrus Research Groups “A Good Idea”
The Citrus Research and Development Foundation is studying the best way to absorb the Florida Citrus Industry Research Coordinating Council into the foundation. Foundation Chief Operating Officer Dan Gunter tells why the move is a good idea. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps …