Sentences with phrase «citrus industry growers»

The Packer's AgDay TV talked to citrus industry growers in Florida and California on citrus greening disease.

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Bringing high quality, organically grown citrus, avocados and dates to the organic industry through grower partnerships, education and innovation.

On April 27th organic citrus growers, P.C.A.s and other industry members from several So. Cal.

Florida's citrus growers say as much as 90 percent of their acreage and 80 percent of their trees are infected by the deadly greening disease, which is making a huge dent in the state's $ 10.7 billion citrus industry, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences survey shows.

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found a new way to detect immature citrus 83 percent of the time, which lets growers know where to apply fertilizer and water and perhaps save on labor costs for the $ 10.9 billion a year Florida industry.

Since it was discovered in South Florida in 2005, the plague of citrus greening has spread to nearly every grove in the state, stoking fears among growers that the $ 10.7 billion - a-year industry may someday disappear.

Citrus growers in the US have their back against the wall: A disease called Citrus Greening is threating the existence of the whole industry.

The statutory Citrus Control Board is responsible for regulating the industry, while the Citrus Growers» Association represents the growers and provides assistance in variousGrowers» Association represents the growers and provides assistance in variousgrowers and provides assistance in various forms.

This is one of a hundred valuable lines in Amy Harmon's prize - worthy feature exploring a Florida orange grower's quest for a gene that can save the citrus industry from a global bacterial threat.