At the January meeting of the Florida Citrus Commission today, the group passed a resolution expected to set the stage for more grower dollars to go into research from the Department of Citrus, particularly ‘greening’ research. The decision was welcome news to Florida Citrus Industry Research Coordinating Council (FCIRCC) Executive Director John Jackson. In the first report below, hear some …
FL Citrus Commission Mtg Coverage on TV & On-Line
The Florida Citrus Commission meeting on Wednesday, January 16 at 9 a.m. will be broadcast live on Polk Government TV (cable station 622). You can also watch the live broadcast on the Internet at www.polk-county.net via audio or video feed. Click on this PGTV Live link: http://www.polk-county.net/county_offices/pgtv/schedule.aspx FEBRUARY 4TH IS THE DEADLINE – HAVE YOU RETURNED YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE YET? Sponsored …
Gulf Citrus Growers PR Committee Talks Communications
The Public Relations Committee of the Gulf Citrus Growers Association is meeting today at the UF/IFAS Research Center in Immokalee. One of the things on the agenda is a discussion of websites and website technology, so we couldn’t resist the chance to do a little “show and tell” as I prepare this post from the meeting table. ALSO, IN THIS …
Farm Bureau Wants Immigration Reform
Immigration was a major topics at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting this week in New Orleans. Report (1:00 mp3) FEBRUARY 4TH IS THE DEADLINE – HAVE YOU RETURNED YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE YET? Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, …
Evaluating Plant Materials in Plant City
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Materials Center in Brooksville is working with the University of Florida’s Plant City campus arboretum to demonstrate and evaluate plant releases. Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester …
FL State Conservationist Officially Moves On
Florida State Conservationist Niles Glasgow has officially moved on to South Carolina to become state conservationist there. Salvador Salinas, NRCS Deputy State Conservationist in Texas will be Acting State Conservationist for Florida until a permanent State Conservationist is named. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida …
Indian River Growers Want More Research
A tour of Indian River region groves late last week shook industry leaders in the area to recommend a larger portion of Citrus Department dollars go toward research. Indian River Citrus League’s Doug Bournique offers comments in these reports. By the way, Citrus Commissioners are scheduled to meet this Wednesday in Lakeland. Report (2:00 mp3) Report (2:00 mp3) This post …
January Citrus Crop Forecast Update
Here’s the release out of Florida Citrus Mutual (pdf file) about the January Citrus Crop Forecast update out of USDA’s Ag Statistics Service. And, here is the official USDA report on the January citrus crop numbers (pdf file) Also, in this report, hear comments about it from Bob Terry of the Florida Ag Statistics Service. Report (2:00 mp3) This post …
FL GREENING QUARANTINE EXPANDED STATEWIDE
This post sponsored by: WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2008–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a federal order today, effective immediately, that expands the citrus greening quarantine zone to include the entire state of Florida. This action, which revises the Nov. 2, 2007 federal order that quarantined 28 counties in Florida, is necessary to Sponsored ContentFlorida …
Morris Hired by UF/CREC
Lake Alfred, FL — Allen Morris recently joined the faculty at the University of Florida IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center as Associate Extension Scientist. Morris’ areas of specialization are agribusiness, marketing and economics. He is responsible for economic research on citrus greening, canker and other external factors affecting Florida’s citrus industry. He will also develop an extension and research …