Florida Citrus Grower Keeps His Cool In The Heat Of HLB

Florida Grower editor Frank Giles says the sense of urgency is palpable in an industry where talk of an imminent shutdown of a processing plant is real and virtually every passing crop estimate drops by millions of boxes.

As HLB runs rampant, everything is on the table for Scott Lambeth when it comes to disease mitigation.

Florida Grower’s 2014 Citrus Achievement Award winner respects the ramped-up efforts to protect the state’s signature crop.

20,000-square-foot facility expands varieties to improve health of the state’s signature crop.

$31.5 million being allocated to test various ways to thwart disease throttling the U.S. citrus industry.

Despite the season’s struggles, record crowd gathers to commiserate, educate, and celebrate future possibilities.

Mike Sparks, the 2014 Florida Grower Citrus Achievement Award winner, played an instrumental role in securing significant funding […]

Greening pushes production estimates further into peril.

University of Florida team hopes compounds can one day be taken to the grove.

What do a tree, a psyllid, the greening bacterium, and a wasp have in common? According to University of Florida researchers, a lot.

Input costs are pushing producers well beyond the break-even point.

$1.5 million designated for expanding biocontrol efforts to fight the disease.

Although production costs are way up, Florida Citrus Mutual’s Mike Sparks says growing citrus can still be profitable at today’s prices.

Report gives general public details about how HLB is putting a stranglehold on the Sunshine State’s signature crop.

Belay insecticide cleared for control of the Asian citrus psyllid during critical growth stage.

Syngenta has been pulling soil samples for phytophthora thresholds at citrus growers’ request for more than 25 years. […]

This video features Citrus Health Management Areas (CHMAs) in Florida and how they are being used to slow […]

Data suggest correlation between greening and phytophthora.

Investment to go a long way in uncovering solutions to citrus greening disease.