As more growers become involved in discussions about ‘free riders’ getting generic orange juice promotions from Florida grower investments, there seems to be another push toward doing something with the promotional dollars that will more specifically benefit Florida product values over the rest. In these reports, Florida grower and Citrus Mutual board member Marty McKenna comments on these issues. Report …
Greening on the River Among Many Citrus Stories This Week
Indian River County is now on the “greening” list. Click here for a link to one news story about it. Also, more talk is brewing about the ‘free rider’ issue and a more targeted marketing approach to better benefit Florida growers who are alone in funding the marketing efforts. In the second report, Citrus Commissioner Bob Behr, formerly with the …
FCPRAC Leader: “Greening is Different, it CAN Take Us Out…”
All Florida citrus growers should hear comments in these reports from grower Peter McClure, who heads up the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council (FCPRAC). He says many Florida growers who remain apathetic to greening control may be out of business in the not-too-distant future. In one of these reports McClure also makes an interesting comparison between hard-fought-for dollars for …
Citrus Energy
The future of citrus was a big topic at the Farm to Fuel Summit in Florida recently. One of the speakers was David Stewart, CEO of Citrus Energy, LLC who discussed the development of citrus waste as a biomass feedstock for ethanol production. He is the inventor of three pending patents: Ethanol Production from Citrus Processing Waste, Method and Apparatus …
Clearing Up H2A Ag Labor Program Confusion
An expert in H2A Labor access for agricultural producers says lots of farmers are confused about how H2A workers CAN in fact work in the same fields as traditional workers without equal pay requirements. Mike Nobles is President and CEO of H2A-USA, a firm that cuts through the confusion of H2A rules to help farmers get the labor they need, …
Popular FL Congressman With Strong Caution on Farm Bill Draft
Congressman Adam Putnam says while yes, there are some good things for Florida citrus and other agriculture segments in the recently passed House version of the Farm Bill, there are also some very negative aspects to the bill that could outweigh the positives. In this report, hear Putnam’s pointed comments about a severe loss of conservation funding if the bill …
Some Growers Asked for Disaster Dollar Refunds
In this report, according to news reports coming out this week, up to 1,500 producers of citrus, vegetables and nursery crops in Florida are being asked to prove they have crop insurance or refund disaster money provided following hurricanes of recent years. Also in part two of this report, Florida Citrus Production Advisory Council leader Peter McClure says while things …
Citrus Pressured for Research Success
Grower Peter McClure heads the volunteer efforts of the Citrus Production Research Advisory Council which gives input to the research community about where growers want research funds to be invested. He says growers and the industry are under pressure like never before for timely progress on citrus ‘greening’ research. Report (2:00 mp3) Pre-register for Seminars and Trade Show attendance at …
Soon Sadly Saying Farewell to “Kat”
Southeast AgNet will soon have to say farewell to a young lady we all think the world of around here. Katherine Bush started at Southeast AgNet as a legislative news intern in Tallahassee in early 2006. “Kat” has been a pleasure to work with as she more recently pulled the details and logistics together for Citrus Expo 2007, likely to …
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