Agriculture exports heads U.S. trade. Everett Griner tells us why. 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, …
Exports Forecast Stays Steady
Both the updated 2011 Ag Trade Forecast and the first 2012 report has ag exports holding steady with a slight increase in imports. 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 …
Online CEU Opportunity
Citrus growers can earn one core continuing education unit (CEU) by reading the article, “Pesticide best management practices,” and passing the accompanying test. The fourth CEU article of the year, authored by University of Florida’s Tim Gaver and Steve Futch, is now online and will appear in the September issue of Citrus Industry magazine. Earn your CEU here. Find the …
Citrus Industry eNews: Focus on Nutritionals for HLB
If you would like to receive the eNews version directly via e-mail, please subscribe here. DON’T MISS THIS Focus on Nutritionals for HLB Many growers are keenly interested in research into the use of foliar nutrients that seem to keep HLB-infected citrus trees productive for years. At last week’s meeting of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation’s (CRDF) Research Management …
Citrus Commission Moves On CMNP, FDOC Executive Director
The Florida Citrus Commission this week agreed to a settlement of a rift with private firm AgroSource, the Florida Department of Citrus’ (FDOC) long-time partner in the effort to register the abscission agent CMNP as a mechanical harvesting aid. The commission also started work on finding a new FDOC executive director. Commission Chairman Marty McKenna discusses the AgroSource settlement and …
Growers On Citrus Research Panel Discuss Nutrition For HLB
Several citrus growers called for more research into the use of nutrition for HLB-infected trees at a meeting of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation’s (CRDF) Research Management Committee last week. At this week’s full foundation meeting, CRDF President Tom Jerkins and Research Management Committee Chairman Bobby Barben were asked if enough nutrition research is being funded. Their responses are …
At Least One Florida Citrus Firm Is Happy With H-2A For Labor
Many Florida citrus growers and harvesters have long declared that the federal H-2A program, which allows the use of foreign workers in groves, is very difficult to use. Judy Wertz-Strickland expressed the opposite opinion when she spoke at the recent Citrus Expo. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers …
Florida’s Gaetz Proposes Moving Redistricting Process Timeline
GAETZ PROPOSES MOVING REDISTRICTING PROCESS TIMELINE By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Contact news@newsserviceflorida.com. LARGO, Florida, August 30, 2011……The Legislature could consider a constitutional amendment to change the timeline for redistricting votes in an effort to address a barrage of criticism lawmakers have heard as they have traveled across Florida, Senate Reapportionment Chairman Don Gaetz said Tuesday. Sponsored …
New Study Exemplifies Importance of Ag Research
A recent USDA Economic Research study showed that public research investment is a major factor in determining the future growth of U.S. Ag productivity. 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 …
CEO Of Florida’s Largest Citrus Grower Addresses HLB Research
The CEO of Florida’s largest citrus grower was among those at a Citrus Research and Development Foundation committee meeting last week focusing on nutritional research for HLB. Charles Lucas of Consolidated Citrus shares his views on the need for both short- and long-term HLB research with a priority on short-term, expresses his desire for more nutritional research and tells what …