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Plant Materials Center Provides Diverse Climate Plant Solutions

The center providing plant solutions in a diverse climate. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The Lockeford Plant Materials Center is a 106-acre facility located in the Central Valley of California. It’s about an hour southeast of the state’s capitol, Sacramento, and is the only plant materials in the state. The center provides plant solutions for the diverse …

USDA Seeks Citrus Disease Subcommittee Applicants
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications for the Citrus Disease Subcommittee (CDS). The subcommittee advises USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) on the agenda, budget and priorities of its Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program. The USDA is looking for nominees who understand the opportunities and barriers facing […]
Start Clean: Burn Down Summer’s Leftover Weeds
By Ramdas Kanissery By November, most Florida citrus groves are carrying what the rainy season left behind. Guineagrass has pushed seedheads into the tree skirts, Spanish needles and sedges have filled in the gaps, and milkweed vine and balsam apple are climbing the trunks. Before the fall preemergent herbicide is applied, those weeds need to […]