Indian River Citrus League Executive Doug Bournique says there were candidates-a-plenty at the League’s Annual meeting Tuesday in Ft. Pierce. Republican Candidate to replace Congressman Mark Foley is Joe Negron, and he was the featured speaker. In this report Bournique discusses the importance of getting Foley’s replacement on the House Agriculture Committee. Report (:59 wma) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …
FL Growers Mixed with Optimism & Challenge
V. P. of Citrus Production for Orange-Co in Arcadia, Jerry Newlin, also presently leads the Florida Citrus Production Managers Association. Newlin says growers have mixed optimism and challenges going into this year’s Florida harvest. Newlin has also been instrumental in working with Southeast AgNet to develop an on-line method for growers and production managers to easily share their field experiences …
Info Flow re Disease Mgmt Critical for Growers
UF Director of the Lake Alfred Citrus Research Center, Dr Harold Browning, in this report discusses the importance of information flow and sharing among researchers and the grower community, as more information about canker and greening is being learned. This story also again has brief instructions how growers can use the new Grower Trials section of this website, under the …
Grower Trials Report #2 John Gose-Lykes Bros
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 ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 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 …