Congratulations to Citrus Expo attendee Jerry Kiella of JP Kiella Groves! He is the winner of the drawing for a $100 Cabela’s gift card for completing the 2012 Citrus Expo survey. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Grapefruit Juice-Drug Interaction Issue Resurfaces
The potential interactions between some medications and grapefruit products got much news media coverage this week following the release of a new Canadian study. Also in this report: HLB apparently remains limited to small areas of California and Texas. Download Audio THANK YOU to our Citrus Crop Forecast Coverage Sponsors! Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here …
Citrus Grower Thanks Maury Boyd for Sharing Programs
Joe Davis Jr. comments on the high quality of fellow citrus grower Maury Boyd’s groves, kept productive by the use of nutritionals and other products even though heavily infected with HLB. Davis says Boyd and his production manager may be Florida’s best growers. Download Audio THANK YOU to our Citrus Crop Forecast Coverage Sponsors! Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll …
2012 Farm Bill
Everett Griner explains today that uncertainty is strong for 2013. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, …
Up to 25% of Fresh Citrus to Ship by Christmas
Duke Chadwell, manager of the Citrus Administrative Committee, quantifies the importance of the holiday season for Florida’s fresh citrus industry. Download Audio THANK YOU to our Citrus Crop Forecast Coverage Sponsors! Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor Solutions TODAY! and Rural America’s customer-owned lending partner. Phone toll free 1-800-432-4156 Click here to contact …
World Wide Hunger
Feeding the world is no easy tasks. Everett Griner explains why the U.S. producers have the tasks to doing this. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, …
Maury Boyd Discusses His Citrus Disease Program
Maury Boyd, who popularized the use of nutritionals and other products to keep HLB-infected trees productive, discusses his program while showing Peace River growers his southwest Florida grove recently. He notes that his grove also has a program for canker, and offers suggestions for dealing with HLB in California and Texas, states where the disease was recently found. Download Audio …
A Land of Plentiful Food
A Thanksgiving message from Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture: Next year, Florida will celebrate 500 years since it was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon. He named this land “La Florida” because it was the season known in Spain as “Pascua Florida,” the Festival of Flowers, and because much of the land’s vegetation was in bloom. Later, in 1539, another European …
A ‘Passive’ Approach to Citrus Cold Protection
There’s more to cold protection than cranking up the low-volume irrigation the night before freezing temperatures hit. Multi-county citrus Extension agent Chris Oswalt discusses some of the passive cold protection practices that can be instituted months or even years before a freeze. Download Audio THANK YOU to our Citrus Crop Forecast Coverage Sponsors! Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free …
Secretary of Ag Gives Thanks to Rural America
During this time of thanks, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says he is reminded of how blessed the U.S. is to have a strong and vibrant rural America Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …