The Chief Operating Officer of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation says the Florida citrus industry will take a close look at this week’s National Academies’ suggestions for HLB management. He says one proposal, creation of Citrus Health Management Areas, would be difficult to implement in Florida. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored …
Citrus Research Officials: Foundation and UF To Agree Soon
Citrus Research and Development Foundation officials say an agreement with the University of Florida on rights to inventions discovered by university scientists is imminent. Negotiations have gone on for months, and some foundation board members just this week expressed concerns about grower rights under a proposed accord. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored …
Citrus Research Panel Continues UF Contract Talks
The Citrus Research and Development Foundation this week proposed more changes in a contract addressing royalties and the rights to inventions created by University of Florida scientists. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports on foundation board members’ concerns. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, …
Healthcare Reform Will Pose Administrative & Economic Challenges
Agricultural employers and other industry businesses will face administrative challenges and costs increases by 2014 as a result of just-passed landmark health care reform legislation. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay …
Nat’l Academies: Citrus “Greening” Recommendations for FL Growers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (FL Dept of Citrus) – Study Requested by Florida Department of Citrus Bartow, Fla. (March 23, 2010) – In April 2009, the National Research Council of the National Academies, at the request of the Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC), formed the Committee on the Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing or …
FL Representatives Impressed with FFB Presentation
While the Florida Farm Bureau delegation was in Tallahassee recently to talk to lawmakers, President John Hoblick had the opportunity to make a presentation on the impact of agriculture on Florida’s economy which impressed several representatives. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Bronson To Kick Off Ag Literacy Day
BRONSON TO KICK OFF AG LITERACY DAY BY READING TO STUDENTS IN THE CAPITOL TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson will read to two fourth-grade classes from Astoria Park Elementary School at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, in the Cabinet Room of The Capitol to kick off the seventh anniversary of Agriculture Literacy Day. He …
Albritton: Citrus Research Panels Should Consolidate
The Florida Citrus Commission last week funded the Florida Citrus Industry Research Coordinating Council for 16 more months at a cost of $134,667. Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton praises the group’s work, but says it must eventually show how it will fit under the new Citrus Research and Development Foundation’s umbrella. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic …
Citrus Research On Boyd Cocktail And HLB Updated
University of Florida researcher Bob Rouse has been doing studies on the so-called “Boyd cocktail” of nutrients and other products that has kept grower Maury Boyd’s HLB-infected trees alive for years. In the first of these reports, Rouse says researchers are pretty certain it’s the nutrients, and not other products in the cocktail, that are keeping trees alive. Download Audio …
Albritton Addresses Citrus Research Talks With UF
Florida Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton shares his thoughts about negotiations between the Citrus Research and Development Foundation and the University of Florida over the rights to research findings funded by the foundation. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida …