Florida Legislature Helps Citrus and First Case of Screwworm in Human
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The Florida citrus industry has seen some promising investments in this year’s Legislative Session, with nearly $140 million appropriated for the industry.
The largest block of funds is earmarked for the Citrus Research and Field Trial Foundation.
The CRAFT Foundation was founded to fund field trials to determine the efficacy of various citrus greening treatments and therapies, identify disease-resistant varieties, and other activities to increase and aid existing Florida commercial citrus production.
www.floridafarmbureau.org/news/citrus-industry-receives-legislative-attention/
**The Department of Health and Human Services reported the first human case of New World Screwworm in the U.S.
The diagnosis was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control.
The disease appeared in a traveler who’d been returning to the U.S. from Central America, where the disease is already present.
Oklahoma State Veterinarian Dr. Rod Hall said the patient lives in Maryland, where officials said they’re confident it is contained.
**Last year, more than 1 million students and 34,000 teachers benefited from the California Farm Bureau’s innovative agricultural education program, run by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.
Since 1981, the program promotes agricultural literacy and awareness.
Executive director, Amanda Fletcher says their mission is to support teachers and students in incorporating agriculture into their classroom, adding it’s the food we eat; it’s the clothes we wear.
