Packer Interview - Joel Nelsen CCM Aug. 21

The Packer’s Tom Karst visits with Joel Nelsen, strategic advisor for California Citrus Mutual, about citrus issues in an Aug. 21 interview.

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The Packer’s Tom Karst visits with Joel Nelsen, strategic advisor for California Citrus Mutual, about citrus issues in an Aug. 21 interview.

With sales to China stymied by retaliatory tariffs, Nelsen talks about prospects to expand citrus exports to other countries.

Nelsen also talks about the ongoing fight against the citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB) in California, and how cooperation and education have been the hallmark of the prevention program.

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