Citrus League’s Bournique Nominated for SJRWMD Board

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

Indian River Citrus League executive Doug Bournique has been nominated by Governor Charlie Crist to serve on the St Johns River Water Management District Board. Bournique has been a strong spokesman for this famous citrus region, and we expect he will ably understand and articulate the complex water issues facing this region of Florida. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets …

Citrus Commissioners Move Ahead On Hopeful “Free Rider” Fix

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In this report, Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports on another special Florida Citrus Commission teleconference this week to follow up on the one they had last week. Commissioners are wrestling with what to do to possibly try to fix to the “Free Rider” issue. Report (1:11 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed …

Some Citrus S-A-R Answers Could Come Within a Few Months

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

This is our final feature in our series of reports with Dr Jim Graham following up on the recent Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR)seminar at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) at Lake Alfred. In this report Graham says he recognizes that growers clearly want to know when they can expect some definative answers about these kinds of concepts and …

USDA Radio News Dept Features Nationwide Citrus Situation

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

On the daily newsline many of us farm broadcasters check daily for appropriate newsclips for our respective regions, we found this feature about the national citrus and citrus markets overview. USDA’s Gary Crawford files the story contained in this report. Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …

April 2008 UF/IFAS/CREC Citrus Research Newsletter

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

Here is the latest citrus industry research update from UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. (pdf file) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Another Citrus “Field Trials” Caution

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

Another follow up story in this report out of the recent Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) seminar held at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred. While growers all over Florida are hearing talk about private ‘grower trials’ of one type or another, as growers help in the search for answers against ‘greening’ in particular, a lot of pressure …

Bayer CropScience Efforts Helping In ‘Greening’ Battle

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In this report, comments from Bayer CropScience Regional Sales Manager Chris Payne, updating growers about several key products Bayer offers in the battle against citrus greening disease. We at Southeast AgNet very much appreciate Bayer CropScience as a key sponsor supporting our farm broadcast and magazine publishing efforts for agriculture producers throughout this “deep southeast” U. S. region. Without sponsors, …

More About Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) in Citrus

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In these reports, more comments from Dr Jim Graham at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred, about Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) as it pertains to citrus canker, and how the research community plans to study SAR’s potential for help with the greening challenge. Report (1:30 mp3) Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR …

Cautions Regarding Citrus Grower Trials

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

We at Southeast AgNet are doing all we can to facilitate information flow among growers and researchers. As most in citrus are very aware, times are tough and growers are hoping research will lead to better management controls or solutions for citrus greening and canker diseases…. We will keep doing what we do – interviewing the players and bringing you …