Florida Grower April 2015
In This Issue
Plan Ahead To Secure Farm Funding
Do your homework before applying for a grant or a loan.
Eggplant Producers Need To Keep Phomopsis Blight In Their Sight
Learn how to ID, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this disease.
Another Player Goes To Bat For Citrus Research
Unique Gainesville, FL-based breeding program focusing on mandarin hybrids.
Defending Innovation Has Become Full-Time Job For Agriculture [Opinion]
Florida Grower editor Frank Giles says the notion that laying out facts in defense of science somehow constitutes a grand conspiracy should give us all pause.
Precision Agriculture Tools Help Producers Stay On Point
Check out three high-tech gadgets designed to keep your farming operation on the right track.
Keeping Tabs On Technology Crucial To Your Business [Opinion]
There is plenty of outside-the-box thinking being used today to solve longstanding problems. Are you up to speed?
Researchers Mine Nanotechnology To Help Conquer Citrus Canker
Zinc-based antimicrobial stirs grower interest.
Don’t Sleep On Catastrophic Crop Insurance
Rude awakening could be in store for producers passing on noninsured crop disaster assistance program (NAP).
Reaching Out Helps Future Farming Leaders Take A Lot In
Class 4 of Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association’s Emerging Leader Development Program learns best by getting out of the classroom and into the field.
Is A GMO Citrus Tree The Silver Bullet For HLB?
Science, society, and citrus greening converge in the conversation about saving Florida’s signature crop.