October 2019

2020 Citrus Forecast

Area Growers Optimistic, Though Accepting of a New Normal by TIM CRAIG It’s October and eyes are looking toward the start of what may be Florida’s true season: citrus and the official citrus forecast published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.    “We’re glad to see the Citrus Forecast come out because it marks the […]

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Giving Back to One Who Gave

Kubota Presents Lithia Veteran and Farmer With Tractor Through Geared to Give Program U.S. Marine Corps veteran Russell Guzzetta of Country Song Farm in Lithia was recently chosen from more than 400 applicants nationwide to receive a donated Kubota L Series compact tractor. The giveaway was part of Kubota’s Geared to Give program. This program

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Barking Up the Right Tree

Citrus Industry Enlists Help of Dogs Trained to Detect Greening Anyone with a four-legged friend of the canine kind knows that it’s nearly impossible to hide anything from a dog’s sense of smell.  In fact, their olfactory senses are approximately 1,000 times stronger than those of a human. With the proper training, our canine friends

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Planting the Seeds

Polk County Farm Bureau Names Outstanding Agriculture Program and Teacher of the Year by MARY TOOTHMAN   “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.”   — Future Farmers of America motto Sometimes the phrase “practice makes perfect” is merely a figure of speech. Other times, every bit of it rings true.

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