claim: "all the money the department of citrus has is paid for by the citrus growers. you don't save dollars by eliminating the department of citrus."
author: adam putnam
evidence_1: dec 10, 2018 ... florida's citrus industry still contributes an estimated $8 billion a year to the state  economy. ... and local growers, some who have been around for generations,  say disease, ... according to bernie lester, a former director of the florida  department of citrus. ... “we don't import our juice from brazil or mexico.
evidence_2: "all the money the department of citrus has is paid for by the citrus growers. you  don't save dollars by eliminating the department of citrus." — politifact florida ...
evidence_3: dec 27, 2013 ... scientists and growers are in a bitter fight against citrus greening, a disease that  has devastated florida's orange and grapefruit crops. they fear that unless  scientists find a cure for greening soon, it's just a matter of ... the u.s. department  of agriculture reports that, for the second year ... we don't know.".
evidence_4: "all the money the department of citrus has is paid for by the citrus growers. you  don't save dollars by eliminating the department of citrus." — politifact florida ...
evidence_5: jul 27, 2013 ... the call ricke kress and every other citrus grower in florida ... “it's here” was all  his grove manager needed to say to force him over to the ... they would have to  alter the orange's dna — with a gene from a .... “it's a waste of our money.” ... the  agriculture department's list of potential agents of bioterrorism.