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Citrus Projects Funded in Five States

Daniel CooperResearch, USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Oct. 13 it is awarding $86.6 million in grant funding to support the specialty crop industry through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. The funding includes citrus-specific projects in Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. ARIZONA University of Arizona Yuma Agricultural Center has funding of $94,506 to deploy two real-time flux tower systems in …