Citrus growers will vote in November whether to raise the maximum amount they can be taxed for citrus research from one cent per box to three cents. Approval of the increased rate has been endorsed by Florida Citrus Mutual and the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council. In these reports, Mutual CEO Mike Sparks tells why Mutual urges growers to …
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Citrus Canker Rule Likely By Dec. 1; Old Rule Applies Now
In the first of these reports, Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks says indications are that a new citrus canker rule allowing shipments of fresh Florida citrus will be in place by Dec. 1 at the latest. In the second report, he cautions that the existing canker rule remains in effect until the new one is in place, and that …
Experts Discuss Taking Citrus Research To The Grove
In the first of these reports, Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council Chairman Peter McClure says that while massive research into citrus greening disease must go on for several more years, more commercialization of research findings will eventually occur. One example of the move from research to commercialization is the effort to get the chemical in guava that repels psyllids …
USDA Citrus Forecast “Live” Broadcast Oct 9, 2009
The annual Citrus Crop Forecast from U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) will be broadcast “live” on Southeast AgNet Radio Network for the 14th consecutive year at 8:29 a.m. Friday, October 9, 2009. Citrus Statistics Administrator Candi Erick will provide the numbers for the broadcast immediately upon their release from the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board in …
Sprays An Option For HLB; Still Best To Remove Citrus Trees
Florida Citrus Mutual recently declared that using nutritional sprays to keep greening-infected trees is an option for some growers. In these reports, Mutual CEO Mike Sparks tells why the sprays are OK for some, but says it’s still best for most to remove infected trees. With either approach, he says, psyllids should be managed. Tune to this Southeast AgNet website …
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FCPRAC Chair: Citrus Research Funding Change Is Good
Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council Chairman Peter McClure tells why switching research funding from his group to the new Citrus Research and Development Foundation is a good move. Tune to this Southeast AgNet website at 8;20 a. m. Friday October 9th for Citrus Crop Forecast “Live” coverage. Sponsored on Southeast AgNet by Stallings Crop Insurance: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …
Mutual: Citrus Nutritional Sprays An Option For HLB
Spraying greening-infected trees with nutritional sprays to keep them productive has been acknowledged as an option by the state’s largest citrus grower association. Florida Citrus Mutual says the nutritional program should be underpinned by intensive psyllid management. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the news in this report. Tune to this Southeast AgNet website at 8;20 a. m. Friday October 9th …
Company Agrees to Raise Farm Worker Wages
(From “News Service of Florida” 9-25-09) Advocates for Florida tomato workers on Friday added the world’s largest contract food provider to the list of companies willing to spend more to improve workers’ wages. Meeting with U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis in Washington, D.C., the Coalition of Immokalee Workers announced an agreement with Compass Group in which the company would …