From THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA – By MICHAEL PELTIER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 6, 2009…With temperatures again expected to dip into the 20s for extended periods Wednesday night and Thursday morning, growers across the state were working around the clock in efforts to minimize the effect on Florida’s $100 billion fruit and vegetable industry. With below freezing temperatures possible …
FL Trucking Restrictions Eased to Expedite Transport of Crops
Late Tuesday Florida Governor Charlie Crist lifted the restrictions on truck weights in light of the deep freeze the state is experiencing right in the midst of winter fruit and vegetable harvests. The news release from the Florida Dept of Agriculture is below. For those transporting produce, a copy of the order and accompanying letter from DOT must be kept …
FFBF December 2009 South Florida Ag Report
Thanks to Florida Farm Bureau Asst Dir of Gov’t and Community Affairs, Charlie Shinn, CLICK HERE (1MB Word Document file) for Farm Bureau’s South Florida Ag Report for this month. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
FL Citrus Mutual Invites California Growers to Join Research Effort
FL Citrus Mutual Executive Mike Sparks in these reports discusses a recent trip to California where he and Florida grower Peter McClure discussed HLB, and invited western growers to join research funding efforts. A new find of HLB within a few hundred miles of California citrus, in Mexico, is adding to the anxiousness of California growers as they also battle …
Putnam: Sportsmen Should Have Voice in Ocean Policy Discussions
WASHINGTON – Congressman Adam Putnam today urged the Obama Administration to include representation from recreational fishing in discussions about new regulations that could affect access to coastal fishing areas. A letter from Putnam and Congressman Dan Boren (D-Okla.) warns that “restricting access to waters or enacting overly broad regulations that affect recreational fishing could prove counter productive. Such measures could …
It’s A Busy Year-End Newsbeat in the Florida Citrus Industry
There is a lot of news making the rounds right now in the Florida citrus industry. Gary Cooper offers a rundown of some of the topics being talked about in grower circles these days, and some of the meetings AgNet will be covering in the days ahead. News sponsor: Coverage w/Less Metallic Copper per acre Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide …
UF Researchers Find Lone Culprit Behind HLB, “Citrus Greening”
Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. This news was released from University of Florida Wednesday, December 9, 2009 – GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have shown that the disease that threatens to devastate the world’s citrus crop is almost certainly the result of a lone species of bacteria, and not that of a combination …
USDA Citrus Crop Update: All Oranges Reduced to 135.0 M Boxes
The Florida all orange forecast released today by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is 135.0 million boxes, comprised of 66.0 million boxes of Valencia oranges and 69.0 million boxes of the non-Valencia varieties (early, midseason, Navel, and Temple). The reduction of 1.0 million boxes is in the Valencia category. If realized, this forecast would be 17 percent less than last …
FL Citrus Growers Approve Research Order in Referendum
We did a post earlier about this expectation, and the official word got to us late in the day on Wednesday, from the Agriculture Commissioner’s office in Tallahassee. Here is that official news release TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announces the Florida citrus industry has overwhelmingly voted to continue funding a self-imposed tax to conduct important research …
FL Citrus Research Order Vote Closes Today – Passage Expected
Although news is not official quite yet, grower votes are being counted and we are already hearing lots of talk about a “yes” vote by growers voting in the recent referendum. If confirmed, growers will be putting more money into research in hopes of helping more in the battle to find answers for HLB, or “citrus greening” disease. Stay tuned …