Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Commissioner Charles H. Bronson said two male Oriental fruit flies […]
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the presence of Elsinoë australis, or sweet orange scab, […]
However, according to Steve Farr, citrus production manger for the company, Ben Hill Griffin Inc. is not holding […]
Citrus nurseries looking for fresh varieties have two exciting new options. Both of these varieties are mandarin hybrids […]
In the last couple of issues, Florida Grower’s Citrus Achievement Award winner Jerry Newlin has addressed important issues […]
According to a Transworld Futures analyst, the orange crop in Florida might increase 22% over the next year. […]
A veteran of agricultural publishing, Tighe spent 26 years with Vance Publishing Corp., the last five of which […]
Gov. Charlie Crist announced the following reappointments and appointments to the Florida Citrus Commission. The appointees still have […]
Stephen Lapointe, an entomologist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at the agency’s U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory in […]
In the coming months, Florida Grower’s Citrus Achievement Award winner Jerry Newlin will address important issues of the […]
Citrus tree acreage in Florida decreased to 576,577 acres in 2008, the lowest number of citrus-producing acres since […]
Florida’s citrus industry is fortunate to have two in-state breeding programs working on variety development and evaluation. There […]
Florida Citrus Mutual’s sixth annual conference in Bonita Springs was another success, as growers, academia, and allied industry […]
The newly designed website for the Citrus Research and Development Foundation is now live at www.citrusrdf.org. This new […]
The leadership of Florida Citrus Mutual endorsed federal legislation intended to help the Florida citrus industry battle invasive […]
The USDA released its final orange forecast for the 2009-2010 season showing no change to the 133.6 million […]
Since being discovered near Homestead in September 2005, greening has spread into all commercial citrus producing counties in […]
If there was a resounding theme at the sixth Florida Citrus Mutual Annual Conference, it was — Cooperation. […]
Traditionally, if a new citrus selection appeared to have promise, it would be propagated onto numerous rootstocks and […]