Lakeland-based Citrus Administrative Committee administers a fresh citrus marketing order overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which is seeking more diversity of membership in all such committees. CAC Manager Duke Chadwell tells how his group is responding. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For …
Citrus Researcher Tells How Salicylic Acid May Fight Canker
In the first of these reports, University of Florida scientist Bob Ebel describes research into the use of salicylic acid to combat canker disease. In the second report, he tells how salicyclic acid works in plants, and how he hopes it might work against canker. Download Audio Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored …
New Core CEU Article Now Available from Citrus Industry Magazine
The final CEU article of the year from Citrus Industry magazine is now available online. Growers can earn one core CEU by reading the quarterly articles in the magazine or online, then submitting the accompanying CEU test online. The last CEU article of the year, “Important Pesticide Handling Considerations” (test period expires 11/30/2011), is now available online. Click here to …
Richey’s Wild Ride
President/CEO of Riverfront Groves and former Citrus Commission Chairman Dan Richey recently biked 74 miles in the “Ride for a Cancer Cure” from West Palm Beach to Sun Life Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins, in honor of his good friend Jim “Mad Dog” Mandich. Richey, who rode as part of Team Mad Dog with Mandich’s wife and sons, raised …
Minimum Storm Damage
The 2010 hurricane season is now over and today Everett Griner gives us some statistics from the agricultural point of view. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida …
Citrus Researcher Bob Rouse Offers A ‘Boyd Cocktail’ Update
University of Florida researcher Bob Rouse studies the elements of the nutritional cocktail that have kept grower Maury Boyd’s HLB-infected trees alive for years. He tells what functions various elements of the cocktail seem to be performing. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied …
Citrus Industry eNews: Buckhorning HLB Trees; Citrus Food Safety
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Senate Passes Food Safety Legislation
The U.S. Senate has passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and now it is up to Congress to reconcile the Senate bill with the House version of food safety reforms by the end of the lame-duck session . Download Audio Some Ag groups are concerned about some of the exemptions in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Download Audio …
Thanksgiving To Christmas Is Huge For Fresh Florida Citrus
Florida Citrus Packers Executive Vice President Richard Kinney in these reports tells how big the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas season is for fresh fruit shippers and what the “hot item” is. Download Audio Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages …
DPI: Agriculture Pest & Disease Introductions On Increase In Florida
It’s the federal government’s responsibility to keep incoming pests & disease out of the U. S., but it remains the state’s job to clean them up if they get through. Acting Director of the Florida Dept. of Agriculture’s Division of Plant Industry (FDACS/DPI) in Gainesville, Wayne Dixon, says his team is dealing with a surprising increase in new introductions. Dixon …