The Florida Future Farmers of America (FFA) are meeting in Orlando this week to elect new state officers. Their first event to interact with Florida’s agricultural producers and industry will be the Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo. The officers will be on the trade show floor on Wednesday selling raffle tickets for a chance to win the ultimate backyard BBQ …

The largest agricultural trade show in Florida is just around the corner, and AgNet Media is gearing up to make this year’s Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo the best yet. The event, to be held Aug. 17-18, brings growers to more than 200 agricultural companies in the 50,000-square-foot trade show. The trade show floor will open at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday …

Anticipation for the 2022 Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo is rising for many, including Ray Royce, executive director of the Highlands County Citrus Growers Association (HCCGA) and the Heartland Agricultural Coalition. “Traditionally, the Expo is a tremendous provider of wide-ranging information both in the educational seminars and through interaction with the vendors. I think that is why it is so …

Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo 2022 is set for Aug. 17-18 at the Lee County Civic Center in North Fort Myers. Begun in 1992, the Expo has grown to become the world’s premier seminar and trade show program for citrus and specialty crop growers and industry professionals. The two-day event is organized and operated by AgNet Media, with solicited input …

The Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo team is thrilled to be back in North Fort Myers this year to produce Florida’s largest agricultural trade show and seminar event. This is the group charged with making sure attendees and exhibitors have the best possible experience. The AgNet Media team is excited about meeting you in August, but here is a chance …

By Tacy Callies Participants of the Citrus, Vegetable and Specialty Crop Expo were thrilled to come together in person after last year’s virtual event. Industry members gathered at the Lee Civic Center in North Fort Myers for two days of education, business and networking on Aug. 18–19. While attendance was down a bit this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …

The Citrus, Vegetable and Specialty Crop Expo is the ideal venue to connect with fellow growers and the vendors who provide the products and services your farm or grove needs. It’s also the perfect place to earn multiple continuing education units (CEUs) toward the Florida restricted-use pesticide (RUP) license and the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) designation. Over the two-day Expo …

Many of the citrus presentations featured on the first day of Citrus Expo, Aug. 18, will focus on “what growers can do now” to keep groves productive, Michael Rogers reports. Rogers, director of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ (UF/IFAS) Citrus Research and Education Center, offers what he calls “a 30,000-foot view” of the citrus seminar …

AgNet Media is looking forward to reuniting the grower community in-person at the Citrus, Vegetable and Specialty Crop Expo. The annual event, which took place virtually last year, is returning to the Lee Civic Center in North Fort Myers, Florida, on Aug. 18–19, 2021. Preregistration is available until Aug. 12 at CitrusExpo.net or by calling 352-671-1909. Onsite registration will also …

Unlike growers who work hard in the grove or field much of the day, AgNet Media employees have pretty cushy desk jobs. Staff journalists write and tell stories for print, web, radio and social media platforms. Sales and business development managers get advertisers’ messages on those same platforms; they also line up exhibitors for the annual Citrus, Vegetable & Specialty …