Research

Today, the USDA released the 2020-21 California Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report.  The initial 2020-21 Navel orange forecast is 84.0 million cartons, down 5 percent from the previous [...]

Dear California Citrus Growers, We would like to share with you the status of promising preliminary research that possibly could have important ramifications for California citrus growers. Dr. [...]

On September 24, 2019, during the Citrus Research Board’s (CRB) Annual Meeting, the Board voted to recommend three members to the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture [...]

On September 26, 2019, leaders from the California citrus industry and the University of California, Riverside gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a Biosafety Level-3 Lab that will be used [...]

Dr. Wendy Jin, the Executive Director of the USDA-APHIS-PPQ Science and Technology, Scott Pfister with USDA-APHIS-PPQ Laboratory Director, and Dr. Greg Simmons, USDA-APHIS CPHST Laboratory came [...]

On Monday, the executive committee for the California Citrus Research Foundation held a conference call with CRB leadership and the UC Riverside containment director about the status of the [...]

Riverside County Board of Supervisors was persuaded to reverse its decision to drastically reduce its budget for UC Cooperative Extension from $674,064 to $112,000 on Monday, June 10th at its [...]

In the 2014 Farm Bill, Florida and California Citrus Mutual were successful in inserting a research program specific to ACP/HLB.  It allocated $25 million a year for research across the country [...]

The industry sponsored BSL3 facility being built in Riverside jumped a major hurdle this past Tuesday.  A containment facility of this sort must past a certification inspection conducted by [...]

How close you ask?  The facility passed a final pre-certification test last week and now the California Citrus Research Foundation (CCRF) awaits confirmation from USDA as to when they will visit, [...]