Looking for Ralph's take on this.

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  1. George Krebs

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    Interesting story George, it's the talk of Florida's $9 billion dollar citrus industry today, every person involved from the tractor driver to the investor is talking about this....

    First let me say Please Lord let this be the answer we have been looking for, we are dying fast and starting to lose infrastructure after 7 years of enduring a cancer that has brought nothing but death to our citrus industry.

    To be honest I watched the news story on this with everyone else and am very fascinated. The issue is incorporating antibiotics into our trees to battle a bacteria that has been introduced by a microscopic wasp that essentially kills citrus trees. I have personally swung the hammer of a couple million dollars of company money in the effort to save our investment with very mixed results and a very drained bank account, it's that bad, we are in essence living paycheck to paycheck at the moment.

    The only details I have heard on this story is it is a few years from actually being introduced or being practical. Remember we currently have 52 million citrus trees in Florida down from 100 million 5 years ago, waiting a few years is not in the equation anymore, we are fading that fast.

    To be honest I am currently experimenting with ways to move antibiotics into the vascular system of our trees and have been for two years. The 25 million dollar investment I am managing cannot wait five more years, we may have another year and that's it.

    So yes the story is exciting to hear and raises optimism but optimism I have learned does not pay the bills much less employees. I say outstanding but bring it on and bring it fast....