Valley Citrus Grower Loses 90 Workers Ahead of ICE Inspection
The law enforcement agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, may be ramping up its inspections of worksites—and a Valley grower is one of the first to feel the consequences. Fowler-based Bee Sweet Citrus says it may have lost a fifth of its workforce in anticipation of an inspection by …
Read More »Citrus Industry Asks NAFTA Negotiators To “Do No Harm” To California Exports
California’s multi-billion dollar citrus industry is asking the Trump administration to ensure that Canadian and Mexican markets remain open to oranges, lemons and grapefruit from the San Joaquin Valley. Joel Nelson, president of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual says he hopes negotiators “do no harm” as they re-open talks on the …
Read More »Tulare County Orange Trees Could Be The Answer For Citrus Industry Problems
A research center near Visalia is in the process of breeding a citrus tree resistant to a disease that has the industry on edge. FM89’s Ezra David Romero reports. There are three trees that grow inedible fruit at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center east of Visalia that scientists hope …
Read More »Citrus pest quarantine spreads to Merced
Asian citrus psyllid threatens backyard trees here and commercial groves to south Quarantine limits movement of fruit Northern Merced County and much of Stanislaus already had zones … Click to Continue »
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