The annual Citrus Expo is just 4 weeks away as various topics are lined up to be discussed during the seminar sessions. Dr. Tim Spann says one of those will be about fertilizers and dealing with their rising costs.
In this report, some insight and information on Citrus Expo scheduled for August 20 & 21, 2008 at Lee Civic Center in Ft. Myers. There are reasons Citrus Expo attracts ten times the number of real citrus growers in comparison to any other industry event. It’s two days of intensive grower seminars, and a sold out trade show with more than 150 exhibiting companies, making it THE place to be for serious citrus growers, production managers and grove business decision-makers. Pre-register now to make your arrival easiest and to help us plan for the crowd. And please leave your farmworker crews at home. This event is free for growers, production managers and other decision-makers involved in citrus production and industry. If you are a vendor or company representative who chooses not to sponsor or exhibit at Citrus Expo, you’re still welcome but you need to purchase a one- or two-day attendance pass. Find pre-registration, seminar and total program information at www.CitrusExpo.net. And click on the Report to hear more about it. Report (1:30 mp3)
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August 20 & 21 Lee Civic Center Ft Myers is the date this year for the World’s Premier Citrus Expo, still free for citrus growers and unquestionably the best attended citrus grower seminar and trade show event anywhere. Citrus Expo planning is entering its home stretch and only a few exhibit spaces remain available. Exhibitors should visit the website and contact us with reservation information soon if they plan to attend. Commercial vendors wanting to attend but not exhibit are also welcome, either as a sponsor at any level, or by purchasing a one- or two-day admission pass. CLICK HERE to go directly to the admissions information section of the website. PRE-REGISTRATION IS OPEN AND ACTIVE ON LINE! Pre-registered growers will be entered to win a drawing for the John Deere Gun Safe sponsored by Everglades Farm Equipment again this year. You must be present to win of course, and PRE-REGISTRATION will get you in the door quick and easy. Find the DETAILS OF THE SEMINAR PROGRAM and a lot more information about the TRADE SHOW and other Citrus Expo events can be found at www.CitrusExpo.net.
V P of Production for Orange-Co In Arcadia, Jerry Newlin is also very involved at the industry level in efforts to guide greening research. Jerry is a leader of the Florida Citrus Production Managers’ Association and more recently, chairman of the Citrus Research Greening Task Force and a member of the Citrus Expo Steering Committee. In these reports, Newlin discusses the state of citrus greening research both here in the Unites States and in Brazil, from his perspective as a grower, and with a positive outlook he talks about how many entities are joining forces to tackle the greening problem. Report (1:30 mp3)Report (1:30 mp3)
Citrus growers planning to attend Citrus Expo 2008 August 20 & 21, 2008 at Lee Civic Center Ft Myers will want to pre-register to be eligible for the GUN SAFE DRAWING sponsored by EVERGLADES FARM EQUIPMENT! This year’s theme “Seeking Profitability Through Interim Innovations” is on target, thanks to input from growers and grower groups statewide. Two days of seminars will offer growers the very latest on numerous research projects focused on the industry’s biggest challenge, HLB, or “citrus greening”. Brochures will go in the mail soon, but why wait, pre-register now and be ahead of the game. CLICK HERE NOW to pre-register for Citrus Expo 2008! And hear more details in these two reports. Report (1:00 mp3) Report (2:00 mp3)
In this report, dates and details of two summer gatherings for citrus growers. First will be Florida Citrus Mutual’s Annual Conference June 11 - 13 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, FL. Then in August the “World’s Premiere Citrus Expo” August 20 and 21, 2008 at Lee Civic Center, Ft Myers, FL. Find all the details on Citrus Expo at www.CitrusExpo.net.Report (2:00 mp3)
In these reports, comments from University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC)Director Dr Harold Browning (in photo), about Citrus Expo grower seminar planning currently underway. Browning is a member of the Citrus Expo Steering Committee. The committee met today in Sebring to continue the Citrus Expo seminar plannning process. Report (1:00 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3)
The theme “Seeking Profitability Through Interim Innovations” aptly describes the mood of growers and industry as the seminars program for Citrus Expo August 20 & 21, 2008 begins to come together. Steering Committee members will soon have a list of seminar titles to consider from earlier group and grower input, and growers around the state are encouraged to discuss their seminar wants and needs with a committee member from their area.
The Steering Committee is also about to publish a long list of seminar topics to distribute around the industry for discussion. Please see a Steering Committee member in your area if you would like to have input on the 2008 Citrus Expo seminar programs.
At a meeting in recent days in Sebring, members of the Citrus Expo 2008 Steering Committee got down to the business of planning grower seminars for this year’s August 20 & 21 event at Lee Civic Center in Ft Myers. Once again Citrus Expo plans to go the extra mile in obtaining input from growers and representatives from Gulf, Highlands and Peace River Citrus Growers Association, working with IFAS to assemble the two-days of seminars at the direction of the committee. Growers mark your calendars and stay tuned to this website, Southeast AgNet Radio Network and the pages of Citrus Industry Magazine in coming months as we bring you updates and new things to look forward to at this year’s Citrus Expo. In these reports, Citrus Expo Steering Committee members Tim Spann of UF/IFAS/CREC and Ray Royce of Highlands County CGA comment on seminar development concepts and expectations so far. Report (2:00 mp3)Report (2:00 mp3)
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CITRUS EXPO EXHIBITOR SIGN UP AT RECORD PACE – PROGRAM PLANNING BEGINS!
Exhibitor reservations for the 17th annual Citrus Expo August 20 & 21, 2008 at Lee Civic Center Ft. Myers are well ahead of schedule even before initial exhibitor brochures have been distributed. More than half of the available exhibit spaces have been reserved months earlier than at anytime in history.
Meanwhile, Citrus Expo Steering Committee members are seeking grower input (see end of this post for list of committee members) Read the rest of this entry »
Andrew Beattie from University of Western Sydney in New South Wales Australia was among numerous presenters at Citrus Expo recently. We caught up with him after his talk for a brief but interesting review of the history of the movement of citrus “greening” disease around the world. Hear his comments in this report. Report (2:00 mp3)
Citrus Expo brings citrus growers and industry leaders from all around Florida and around the world to Ft Myers, FL this week. Wednesday night, a Gulf Citrus Growers’ Association banquet in downtown Ft Myers will feature Congressman Tim Mahoney. Hear more in these reports. Report (2:00 mp3) Report (2:00 mp3)
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Citrus Expo has smashed all pre-registration records of its 16 year history with well over 600 growers pre-registering for this year’s event Wednesday and Thursday at Lee Civic Center in Ft Myers. Commercial citrus growers are still welcome to attend and register at the door, and hundreds more are expected to do so. The seminar hall has been enlarged with theatre seating arranged for a larger crowd, and more than 150 exhibitors will pack the trade show. Registration is free for commercial citrus growers, grove managers, owners and industry leaders, doors open at 8:00 a.m. both days of the show. Report (2:00 mp3) Report (2:00 mp3)
Sponsoring this news posting: and Find information at USDA’s Website About the Citrus Health Response Program
Citrus Expo 2007 expects to host the largest crowd of commercial citrus growers EVER in its 16-year history. Two days of intensive seminars will focus on ‘greening’ and ‘canker’ updates and information from around the world, and the trade show is sold out with what is also believed to be the largest exhibitor turnout ever, with more than 150 companies to be on display. Hear more details in these reports, and in the second report below, hear about new technology from Syngenta that will make grove scouting recordkeeping far easier. Report (2:00 mp3) Report (2:00 mp3)
Sponsoring this news posting: and Find information at USDA’s Website About the Citrus Health Response Program
Citrus Expo is a private industry two-day seminar and trade show program for commercial citrus growers, grove owners, managers and industry leaders. It is set for Wednesday and Thursday, August 22 & 23, 2007 in Ft Myers. Hear more general details in report one posted below. In the second report, Dr Bill Castle at University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred says day two of the seminars should have some valuable production tips regarding future grove designs and production systems applications. Report (2:00 mp3) Report (2:00 mp3)
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Citrus Growers who pre-register will be eligible to win a very nice gun safe sponsored by Everglades Farm Equipment.
Never before has Citrus Expo invested as much in assembling seminar presentations as it has for this year’s lineup, focused primarily on greening research and the latest advice for growers on up-to-date management practice recommendations. Get a preview in this report from one of the Florida-based presenters, Dr. Michael Rogers from UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, FL. Also remember to pre-register to make access to Citrus Expo as easy as it can get. Growers who pre-register will be entered into a prize drawing for a very nice gun safe being donated by Everglades Farm Equipment. You must be present to win, and the gun safe drawing will take place Wednesday August 22nd near the end of the lunch break. Report (2:00 mp3)
Citrus Expo is investing more than ever before in its seminar and trade show program in an effort to bring as much critical and timely information together for citrus growers as possible at this critical time of change. Growers who pre-register for Citrus Expo will be eligible to win a gun safe donated by Everglades Farm Equipment. Hear more details and comments from Gulf Citrus Growers Association Executive Ron Hamel in this report. Report (2:00 mp3)
In this weeks podcast, a Florida dairyman talks about the new NRCS BMP program, the new Pest Risk Assessment affects more than just citrus growers, a Florida Farm Bureau member is named Young Farmer Produce Leader, a peak into the 2007 Citrus Expo, and this week’s Agri-View.
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The 16th Annual Citrus Expo is set for Wednesday and Thursday August 22 & 23, Lee Civic Center Ft Myers. This is not a farmworker event. Citrus Expo is a private event for the serious grower, production manager, leader, executive and decision maker in the citrus industry. The Expo Steering Committee recently met to fine tune the most in-depth seminar and trade show program available in the citrus community. Trade show exhibits are well ahead of last year. Seminars include greening experts from several countries flying in to join numerous others on the two day program. Hear more details in this report and visit the website to pre-register! Pre-registered growers will be entered in a drawing for a gun safe donated by Everglades Farm Equipment. Report (2:00 mp3)
In this report, comments from FDACS Division of Plant Industry Director Richard Gaskalla about development of new compliance agreements this summer to help curb greening and canker spread in Florida citrus groves. Also in this report, Citrus Research Director for University of Florida at Lake Alfred CREC, Dr Harold Browning, discusses possible changes of balance of beneficials and other pests as a result of changing practices to control greening and canker spread. Report (2:00 mp3)
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In the first of today’s citrus reports, a review of Florida citrus crop conditions from the Ag Statistics Service. In the second report, a preview of this week’s Florida Citrus Mutual Conference at Bonita Springs Resort, and news about approvals for a “greening tree” to be on display at Citrus Expo August 22nd & 23rd in Ft. Myers. Report (1:28 mp3) Report (1:28 mp3)
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Planning and resevations for the world’s largest citrus grower seminar and trade show are way ahead of last year. A year ago exhibitor brochures had just gone in the mail, but now at the end of March 2007 well over half the exhibit spaces are already booked for the August 22&23, 2007 Citrus Expo!
Grower seminars will feature top canker and greening experts from around the globe to join UF/IFAS top guns for one of the strongest grower programs ever to address these cutting edge topics in an up-to-the-minute format. Day two will feature what growers need to know about planting new groves in the future, including up-to-date status reports from the citrus nursery industry. It’s a seminar for serious citrus growers planned by citrus growers who want and need pointed information to help answer the most pressing citrus production questions of our time.
Citrus EXPO Invites and Welcomes for Free Admission & Lunch Both Days: Growers, Grove Owners, Production Managers & Decision-Makers involved in the production of citrus fruit. Advance grower registration will open on-line June 1, 2007.
The 2007 Citrus Expo is only 6 months away, and the planning process is coming together well! Exhibitors are signing up for the tradeshow, and members of the Citrus Expo Planning Committee are working to create a seminar program that citrus growers won’t want to miss. The next seminar planning committee meeting is scheduled for March 5th. If you have any suggestions on topics you would like to here at this years Expo, please share your ideas by sending an email to office@southeastagnet.com
Log on to the Citrus Expo Website for information on becoming an exhibitor or sponsor, or to view the most current list of those companies already involved.
All of the photos I took at Citrus Expo have been loaded into an online Flickr Photo Album. I thinks there’s about 245 of them. Using the link below, you can look at them individually or watch them as a slideshow on your computer. I hope you enjoy them.
In the Citrus Expo Seminar building we had a display of windbreak plants for growers to look at.
This afternoon one of the speakers was Nate Jameson, past-president of the Florida Citrus Nurserymen’s Association. He talked about nursery tree production and availability from a nursery manager’s point of view.
Gary Cooper interviewed Nate after his presentation and you can listen to the interview here: Nate Jameson Interview (6 min MP3)
The annual Citrus Expo is just 4 weeks away as various topics are lined up to be discussed during the seminar sessions. Dr. Tim Spann says one of those will be about fertilizers and dealing with their rising costs.
In this report, some insight and information on 
V P of Production for Orange-Co In Arcadia, Jerry Newlin is also very involved at the industry level in efforts to guide greening research. Jerry is a leader of the Florida Citrus Production Managers’ Association and more recently, chairman of the Citrus Research Greening Task Force and a member of the Citrus Expo Steering Committee. In these reports, Newlin discusses the state of citrus greening research both here in the Unites States and in Brazil, from his perspective as a grower, and with a positive outlook he talks about how many entities are joining forces to tackle the greening problem. 
In these reports, comments from University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC)Director Dr Harold Browning (in photo), about Citrus Expo grower seminar planning currently underway. Browning is a member of the Citrus Expo Steering Committee. The committee met today in Sebring to continue the Citrus Expo seminar plannning process.
Andrew Beattie from University of Western Sydney in New South Wales Australia was among numerous presenters at Citrus Expo recently. We caught up with him after his talk for a brief but interesting review of the history of the movement of citrus “greening” disease around the world. Hear his comments in this report.
Get a preview in this report from one of the Florida-based presenters, Dr. Michael Rogers from 
Southeast Agnet’s Katherine Bush attended the first of five DPI meetings held in Bartow and files this informative report. 
In this report, comments from FDACS Division of Plant Industry Director Richard Gaskalla about development of new compliance agreements this summer to help curb greening and canker spread in Florida citrus groves. 
All of the photos I took at Citrus Expo have been loaded into an online Flickr Photo Album. I thinks there’s about 245 of them. Using the link below, you can look at them individually or watch them as a slideshow on your computer. I hope you enjoy them.
In the Citrus Expo Seminar building we had a display of windbreak plants for growers to look at.
Cecilio Taylor is a citrus grower in Argentina.
