Florida Georgia Citrus Growers Meet and ESA Denied for Wolves
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**Commercial citrus growers across the Florida Panhandle and Southern Georgia are invited to attend the 2024 Citrus Health Forum.
www.morningagclips.com reports, this meeting will be held at the University of Florida’s North Florida Research & Education Center in Quincy, Florida next Thursday, February 22.
Registration and a tradeshow with vendors from the citrus industry will open at 8:30, with the meeting set to begin at 9:00.
www.morningagclips.com/2024-citrus-health-forum/
**After an extensive assessment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it denied a request to list gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act in the Northern Rocky Mountains and the Western U.S.
Gray wolves are listed as endangered in 44 states, threatened in Minnesota, and under state jurisdiction in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and portions of eastern Oregon and Washington.
Environmental groups are weighing options.
**Farmer sentiment took a downturn as the January Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index fell to a reading of 106, eight points below December.
Compared to year-end, producers had a more negative outlook of their farms' current situation along with a weakened outlook for the future.
The Current Conditions Index fell nine points, and the Future Expectations Index dropped seven points, both compared to December.
