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Key Facts and Direct Ag Input Missing at South Florida Water Board Workshop

by Gary Cooper It was a packed house Wednesday as the new crop of South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board members met in West Palm Beach for their first workshop. Input from the audience was tightly controlled. Even though there was an expert on the guest panel who is involved in working with agriculture in the region, agriculture …

Positive Developments for California Citrus
Jacob Villagomez, director of governmental affairs for California Citrus Mutual, recently discussed developments that could benefit California citrus growers. Among the topics he addressed in the AgNet News Hour podcast were the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent modernization of the federal standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice (OJ) and HLB research in […]
Fruit Split Showing in Georgia; Color Break Likely Soon
Fruit split issues are starting to show up in some Georgia citrus groves, University of Georgia Assistant Professor and Citrus Extension Specialist Mary Sutton reported recently. She also noted that color break is likely to begin soon in Georgia citrus fruit. According to Sutton, fruit splits typically start at the stylar end (bottom end) of […]