This entry to “Grower Trials” comes to us from Highlands County Citrus Growers Association and John Gose of Lykes Bros, who provides this recent memo of field notes and observations dated October 20. Grower Trials Report # 2 (pdf file) Citrus Growers anywhere are invited to send their own grower trials, questions and comments with regard to their dealings with …
Map of Citrus Greening in FL 10-25-06
A new map of citrus greening locations in Florida is making the rounds. (pdf file) Growers, don’t forget you can now share what you are doing to deal with canker and greening, and read what others are doing in their efforts to deal with these diseases in Florida citrus. To send a message to grower trials, e-mail us at growertrials@southeastagnet.com …
New Housing To Address Farmworker Needs in SW FL
Hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 devastated farmworker housing in many critical agriculture regions of Florida, which made an already tight farm labor situation even worse in recent months. Thanks to many parts of the community coming together to help re-establish housing for ag labor in the region, a new development recieves a ‘groundblessing’ Oct 28 in Arcadia. In this report, …
Growers Trials Report #1 Sharing Field Trials
Here is the first set of citrus grower entries for our new ‘grower trials’ section. Read how citrus growers are trying all kinds of ways to deal with canker and greening diseases in Florida groves. Click on the link to read testimonials from growers in Florida’s Peace River Valley, and what Indian River Growers are also doing to better educate …
How Growers Can Share Canker and Greening Mgmt ‘Trials’
If you are a citrus grower and want to share your experiences with canker and greening management trials with other citrus growers through this website, all you need to do is follow a few simple instructions on how to e-mail us your input. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in …
New “Grower Trials” Website Provides for Grower Info Sharing
When Barbara Carlton of the Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association, and Orange-Co VP of Citrus Production Jerry Newlin, who also represents the Florida Citrus Production Managers Association, approached us at Southeast AgNet late this week about the growers’ need for a web-based forum to share canker and greening ‘field trials’, we decided not to waste much time. These initial …
New Website Presents Canker & Greening ‘Grower Trials’
Florida citrus growers and production managers have been seeking a way to directly share field trial experiences with other growers in hopes of learning more first hand knowledge more quickly from each other in canker and greening control efforts. In this report, Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association Executive Director Barbara Carlton (pictured at right) and Florida Citrus Production Managers …
Citrus Commission Approves Mutual Dues Collection Proposal
With a vote by the Citrus Commission Wednesday to move forward the proposals for collection of Citrus Mutual member dues by processors and packers, some processors posture for legal action, while grower leaders say ‘what’s the big deal’? In this report, Citrus Commission Chairman Steve Ryan tells Southeast AgNet’s Gary Cooper that the procedure for dues collection is rather simple, …
FL Citrus Commission Fine Tunes Budget and Mktg Approach
Citrus Commissioners approved revisions to the marketing budget for the Florida Department of Citrus this week, to better match expected revenues from the crop that U S D A has projected. Citrus Commission Chairman Steve Ryan says the challenge will be to keep consumers interested in orange juice as higher retail prices become the norm for the product due to …