Citrus Greening Disease Confirmed in Mexico

Dan Citrus, Florida, International

News reports and other statements this week from Mexican officials and California citrus industry representatives confirm HLB, known as citrus greening disease, is present in the country’s Yucatan peninsula. Quoted as saying Mexico has been cooperative in fighting the plant disease and its vector, the asian citrus psyllid, California Citrus Mutual spokesmen also indicate meetings with Mexican agriculture officials are …

Spraying Production Systems Addressed at Citrus Expo

Dan Citrus, Citrus Expo News, Florida, International

An advanced citrus production system that should help growers get into production quickly, and low-volume spraying for psyllid control, are hot topics at Citrus Expo. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff summarizes presentations on those issues in the following reports. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …

Detrimental Water Quality Regulations Being Proposed

Randall Weiseman Citrus, Citrus Expo News, Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Sugar

Proposed numeric nutrient water quality standards are causing great concern among those in Florida agriculture and Charles Shinn, Assistant Director of Government and Community Affairs with the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, says the proposal has several flaws. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Beneficial Viruses

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock

Researchers have shown that enzymes from bacteria-infecting viruses known as phages could have beneficial applications for human and animal health. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Peanut Crop Update & No More Peanuts on Loan

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

Today Tyron Spearman has an update on how the peanut crop looks at this time along with information concerning peanuts in the loan program. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Bayer Crop Science Talks with Citrus Growers

Randall Weiseman Citrus, Citrus Expo News, Florida

Day two of the 18th annual Citrus Expo in Ft. Myers has growers talking with various exhibitors, including Rachael Walters, Horticulture Technical Sales Coordinator with Bayer Crop Science. She is just one of their representatives at this years Expo as I talked with her about some of the products they’ve been discussing with growers. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly …