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Maitland, Fla.-based Florida Citrus Packers honored Quentin J. Roe with its John T. Lesley Award for Excellence at Packinghouse Day on Aug. 25.

You may not have heard about Florida citrus being produced with the Citrus Under Protective Screens (CUPS) yet.

Drought response funding is needed now, according to the Western Agricultural Coalition.

Growing up in New Mexico, around a family of farmers and ranchers, rain was the currency of hope. I spent every season waiting on rain. Anything over a 10% chance was a “good chance” for moisture.

“It changed me. I had a new perception, a newfound purpose,” Bolden told the crowd.

Salinas, Calif., value-added produce innovator Steve Taylor, 67, died Aug. 21 from heart and lung failure, according to an obituary.

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has awarded a total of $72.9 million in the fiscal year 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funding.