Minutes: 2009
Minutes: 2007
Minutes: 2008
Next IRCC Meeting: Thursday, October 20, 2011 1:30 pm Grove House
The FCIRCC has become part of the Citrus Research & Development Foundation and has been reorganized as committee known as the Industry Research Coordinating Committee (IRCC). The initial orgainzational meeting was held on Monday, September 19, 2011.
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 20 at the Florida Natural Grove House in Lake Wales. Time is 1:30 pm. A copy of the agenda will be posted prior to the meeting.
Annual Priorities: 2010
The citrus industry research priorities and needs are evaluated annually. This year the FCIRCC made some subtle changes in the category names to better reflect the scope of the priority. They examined closely the current list to determine if any existing areas needed to be removed or combined. They looked carefully at current needs and decided there were no priorities that needed to be added.
Training Session
Training on how to maintain this web site will be provided next week.
In the Loop: Spring 2010
The FCIRCC 2009 Annual Report has been released for several months and can be found at the web site http://www.fcircc.org. Several layers of the report can be examined. The complete document contains a listing of all citrus research projects in Florida as reported by UF/IFAS, USDA-ARS, FCOC and DPI. The Executive Summary provides Citrus Industry Priorities complete with detailed background from the four primary FCIRCC partners (Production Managers, Packers, Processors and Harvesters). Research gaps and needs are identified along with recommendations to bridge the gaps and meet the needs that may exist.
Annual Priorities: 2009
The citrus industry priorities for 2009 are basically the same as they were for 2008. It is important to note that several of the items have expanded to incorporate a wider impact on the industry. For example greening is more than tree loss in the field. Could there be possible issues with juice from infected trees in the processing stream? Canker reaches beyond the grove to the packinghouse where one lesion can prevent an entire block from being shipped outside the state. Therefore, note that the attached priorities refer to a wider impact of a problem. Growers, packers, processors and harvesters once again ranked the various research needs which were submitted by each segment of the industry.
