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KRQE News 13
April 16, 2018
(AP) - Florida's citrus industry got some dire news Tuesday from an organization that advises the federal government on science and technical matters. In a report ... Andrew Meadows is spokesman for Florida's Florida Citrus Mutual, the marketing and lobbying arm for the state's citrus growers. He called theÃâà...
Ocala
April 16, 2018
Anxious Florida citrus growers and some Florida members of Congress are seeking urgency for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ... an initiative — the Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnification Program — to distribute the $2.4 billion in recovery aid Congress set aside for farmers and ranchers nationwide.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
April 16, 2018
I was proud to support the recent disaster relief package in February that approved over $2.3 billion to assist Florida's citrus growers, cattlemen and other farmers. However, the vast majority of the funds are still in Washington and yet to be disbursed by the Trump administration. It is critical that our USDAÃâà...
Growing Produce
April 14, 2018
Atchley says FCPMA has made it easier for growers and production managers to join the association to encourage participation. In the past, new members had to be nominated to join and voted in by the group. They no longer have that requirement. However, Atchley adds they only ask growers andÃâà...
The Packer
April 13, 2018
Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida's citrus crop last year, losing a significant part of its orange and grapefruit crops. When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas last year, several crops were caught in the cross hairs of the storm. However, the citrus crop made it out relatively unscathed, and growers in the Lone Star StateÃâà...
Naples Daily News
April 5, 2018
Florida's citrus growers are still waiting for federal aid more than six months after Hurricane Irma devastated the state's orange crop. ... In February, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which included more than $2.3 billion in disaster assistance for citrus growers and other farmers affectedÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 22, 2018
The package includes tax breaks for such things as materials used to repair nonresidential farm buildings and fences and for citrus packing houses that had their businesses interrupted by Hurricane Irma or by the deadly disease citrus greening. Also, tax breaks were included for fuel used to transportÃâà...
The Packer
March 20, 2018
Florida peach growers see interest in their fruit increasing and anticipate a strong crop this spring. ... Council, said part of the reason for the growth of the Florida peach deal is that companies are seeking to diversify given the extreme challenges that citrus greening disease has imposed on the industry.
The Produce News
March 20, 2018
Florida Classic Growers has a long and rich history, dating back more than 90 years to 1924 when the Dundee Citrus Growers Association was formed. Today, Dundee CGA is one of the largest fresh fruit cooperatives in the Florida citrus industry, and it has expanded its product line beyond Florida-grownÃâà...
WWSB ABC 7
March 12, 2018
SARASOTA, FL (WWSB) - Florida citrus growers are expanding their horizons and adding a new crop to the mix. Bamboo is the new crop of choice as citrus growers continue to experience uncertainty with the bacterial disease called citrus greening. The disease has led to a seventy percent reduction inÃâà...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
March 12, 2018
“I felt a little bit like I was bailing out on citrus,” said Cynthia Matteson, a fourth-generation citrus grower. “We were going to put it (the 35 acres) in citrus, but the situation is so bleak.” Bleak because the bacterial disease citrus greening has made it difficult to grow the crop profitably. “I'm still a citrus man,” saidÃâà...
Palm Beach Post
March 10, 2018
Florida struggling citrus crop, fighting disease and battered by Hurricane Irma, held steady over the past month in a newly released forecast. ... “With the recent passing of federal disaster recovery relief and a fresh bloom on the trees, Florida's growers can again focus on what matters most: growing theÃâà...
WJXT News4JAX
March 8, 2018
US Sentor Bill Nelson, left, speaks with Vic Story as he tours the Story Grove orange grove where large numbers of oranges sit on the ground in the wake of Hurricane Irma on September 13, in Lake Wales, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)Ãâà...
The Packer
December 31, 1999
An extended period of warm, dry conditions — uncommon even to Florida — during the winter growing season has drawn rave reviews from growers. ... crop available into June, said Al Finch, president of Florida Classic Growers, the marketing arm of the Dundee Citrus Growers Association in Dundee, Fla.
TBO.com
December 31, 1999
Employees monitor the grapefruit packing process at the Premier Citrus Packers facility in Vero Beach, Florida on Oct. 15, 2015. Grapefruit from this facility is shipped ... TOKYO — In the glory days, not all that long ago, Florida grapefruit farmers built their lives around Japan. And the Japanese stayed true,Ãâà...
Growing Produce
December 31, 1999
The FAST TRACK model has helped move promising experimental UF/IFAS fresh citrus selections into trials and has engaged nurseries and growers much earlier in ... (NVDMC), Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc. (FFSP), and the UF/IFAS Plant Improvement Team held two listening sessions to betterÃâà...
WTSP 10 News
December 31, 1999
“My gut tells me it's a good thing,” Matteson, a third generation citrus grower, said. It's a gamble, and it took some convincing before he was ready to make the massive investment in 14,000 bamboo plants. He is partnering with Italy-based Only Moso. As a citrus grower, Matteson has watched other growersÃâà...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
December 31, 1999
Six months after Hurricane Irma strafed the state and two months after President Donald Trump approved a disaster-relief package, Florida's citrus growers and other farmers now know they will have to wait until July to apply for assistance. After increased lobbying from the elected representatives of theÃâà...
The Ledger
December 31, 1999
Failing to apply those inputs will significantly affect the size and health of the 2018-19 Florida crop of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and tangelos, said Marty McKenna, a Lake Wales-based citrus grower who owns or manages more than 5,000 acres in Polk County and Central Florida. “Everybody isÃâà...
Bradenton Herald
December 31, 1999
For the second time in a week, Florida citrus growers got what could be considered good news for the struggling industry. ... The estimate followed an announcement Friday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue that anxiously awaited disaster-relief programs for farmers who suffered damages inÃâà...
