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Agri View: Disappointing Growers

Dan August 14, 2017 Agri View, Citrus

Everett Griner talks about citrus greening disappointing growers in Georgia and Alabama in today’s Agri View. There is no effort to ship the citrus industry northward from Florida. But, a growing number of farmers in Georgia and Alabama have found it possible to profit from lemons, grapefruit and satsuma oranges. Some 30 farmers in the two states …

CRDF Funds Fruit Drop Research, Hears Antibiotic Presentations
The Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) governing board on Jan. 25 approved a project aimed at reducing fruit drop by using potassium, zinc, gibberellic acid and the herbicide 2,4-D in different timing scenarios. The funding will allow University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researcher Fernando Alferez to finish two years […]
Ezell to Lead Highlands Citrus Growers
Emma Reynolds Ezell will become president of the Highlands County Citrus Growers Association (HCCGA) board of directors during the association’s March 3 annual meeting. Ezell previously served as president in 2015 and has been on the association’s board of directors since 2014. She is involved in both her own and her family’s citrus growing, caretaking […]