Michael Hornyak of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Citrus Health Response Program in this series of interviews with Southeast AgNet’s Gary Cooper clarifies changes to the citrus canker rule in Florida. In the first report, he notes that a canker quarantine remains in place, but has been altered to allow fresh fruit to move to other citrus producing states. In …

The Citrus Commission will change its way of holding meetings in January. Commission Chairman Ben Albritton explains the change in the first report. In the second report, he tells how the new structure will make things easier for people and companies doing business with the full commission. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle …

University of Florida Web sites have valuable information about mechanical harvesting and grove care costs. The mechanical harvesting site is at http://citrusmh.ifas.ufl.edu and the grove care cost site is at http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/economics Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has more about the sites in these reports. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …

Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) Executive Director Ken Keck in the first report says the Department of Citrus staff should move from Lakeland to Bartow in early February. In the second report, he updates efforts to sell the old agency headquarters building in Lakeland; proceeds will go to the FDOC. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …

In the first of these reports, Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff provides an update on the search for a Florida Department of Citrus advertising agency. In the second, he reports on orange juice and grapefruit juice retail sales in 2009. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm …