(19 quotes found)
“If the hurricane comes across the forecast path, it's going to hit a lot of the citrus industry in southwest Florida. It's going to ruin their crop for this year, which will totally change the forecast for orange juice, ... The vegetable growers are going to have an awful lot in the ground that would be picked this year and could be destroyed.”
Charles Bronson
“This is starting to be an issue in Citrus County that I never thought we would face.”
Chuck Dixon
“People need to know that the cattle and the pastures and the citrus groves they see do not sustain the farming family,”
Clay Jordan
“There is a world of difference between Hernando and Citrus (jails).”
County Administrator Richard Wesch
“Three-quarters of the people in town were directly tied to citrus or indirectly tied to citrus.”
Dave Black
“A lot of people who move here aren't even aware how important the county was to the citrus industry. Even though there's not as much citrus grown here now, we try to pay respect to that history.”
Wayne Vutech
“I had a call this winter from someone who had a citrus tree and wanted me to try to diagnose it over the phone.”
David Griffis
“Our allocation formula has allowed for a lot of paraprofessionals. Citrus county, (in comparison), has one paraprofessional for every 500 students. Yes, there are some things that are going to be different next year.”
Wendy Tellone
“We find that we ship more citrus primarily to New York, Ohio and Minnesota.”
Dave Nicely
“Now that canker's in the large citrus groves and can't be controlled, they would literally be wiping out the industry to continue the program.”
Doug Lockwood
