Citrus disease could kill industry if US Congress slows research
date:Sep 14, 2018
A disease called citrus greening has devastated Floridas citrus industry. Agriculture officials are hoping they can stop it before California suffers the same fate.

Congress is poised to continue spending $25 million a year into finding a way to stop it. But the money will not come without second thoughts. Lawmakers are debating a variety of aspects of the farm bill, and some have quietly suggested that the citrus research money could be shifted into a general agricultural research category.

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