Miner management

Q: We have a 2-year-old orange tree that hasn’t grown much. When it does grow, the leaves turn yellow, develop brown spots and shrivel. What can I do?

Florida citrus growers received almost all of their $5 million request for research funds to combat citrus canker and greening. But $13 million to the Florida Department of Citrus for advertising was denied. The final 2007-08 state budget the Legislature worked up late Monday night includes $4 million for canker and greening research, the industry’s top legislative priority this year, said Mike Sparks, the chief executive of Lakeland-based Florida Citrus Mutual, the state’s largest growers’ representative.

LAKELAND | Polk County continued for another season as the state’s top citrus-producing county with almost 22.4 million boxes of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and specialty citrus fruit, according to the preliminary 2006-07 Citrus Summary released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Florida State University finally got around to giving a well-deserved honor to a former faculty member who taught at the college for nearly 40 years – but almost ended her college carrier before it started because her family back in Winter Haven couldn’t afford the $200 for her room and board.