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Friday, February 13, 2009
2/13 post
LAKELAND, Fla. (February 10, 2009) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released its February orange crop forecast for the 2008-2009 season, reducing its earlier estimate by 2.5 percent, or 4 million boxes.
The USDA did not attribute the decline to the freezes that hit the Florida citrus belt in late January and early February.
The USDA attributed the decline to smaller sizes and increased fruit drop and said it would continue to assess the impact of the freezes. The crop is now expected to total 158 million boxes.
“The USDA has taken off several million boxes since their original orange estimate in October and with the field reports we’re getting regarding fruit damage and juice yield loss from the late January and early February freezes we would expect less juice production than we were just a month ago,” said Michael W. Sparks, executive VP/CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual. “As a result, we would anticipate better grower returns for the late crop than what we experienced for the early crop.”
Florida citrus was hit with a cold spell on Jan. 22 and Febr. 5 which dropped temperatures below 28 degrees for several hours on both nights.
In its release Tuesday, the USDA said “A freeze survey…conducted on (Jan. 27-28) showed little or no damage at that time. Additional assessments will be made in mid and late February.”
The USDA makes its initial forecast in October and then revises it monthly until the end of the season in July. In 2007-2008, Florida harvested 170.2 million boxes of oranges.
The USDA maintained its prediction that 23 million boxes of grapefruit will be produced in ’08-’09. The early and midseason crop is now projected at 83 million boxes, down from 84 million boxes. The Valencias projection is now at 75 million boxes this season, down from January’s forecast of 78 million boxes. Florida specialty fruit is down; the USDA predicts 1.3 million boxes of tangelos, down from 1.5 million in January, and 4.6 million boxes of tangerines, down from 4.9 million. The yield for from-concentrate orange juice (FCOJ) is expected to be 1.61 gallons per 90-pound box, down from 1.62.
For More information, Visit
Florida Southern College Citrus Department
The Ledger – The Big Chill
St. Pete Times – OJ Prices to Rise More
Send Florida Oranges
Bake Orange Bar Cookies
The USDA did not attribute the decline to the freezes that hit the Florida citrus belt in late January and early February.
The USDA attributed the decline to smaller sizes and increased fruit drop and said it would continue to assess the impact of the freezes. The crop is now expected to total 158 million boxes.
“The USDA has taken off several million boxes since their original orange estimate in October and with the field reports we’re getting regarding fruit damage and juice yield loss from the late January and early February freezes we would expect less juice production than we were just a month ago,” said Michael W. Sparks, executive VP/CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual. “As a result, we would anticipate better grower returns for the late crop than what we experienced for the early crop.”
Florida citrus was hit with a cold spell on Jan. 22 and Febr. 5 which dropped temperatures below 28 degrees for several hours on both nights.
In its release Tuesday, the USDA said “A freeze survey…conducted on (Jan. 27-28) showed little or no damage at that time. Additional assessments will be made in mid and late February.”
The USDA makes its initial forecast in October and then revises it monthly until the end of the season in July. In 2007-2008, Florida harvested 170.2 million boxes of oranges.
The USDA maintained its prediction that 23 million boxes of grapefruit will be produced in ’08-’09. The early and midseason crop is now projected at 83 million boxes, down from 84 million boxes. The Valencias projection is now at 75 million boxes this season, down from January’s forecast of 78 million boxes. Florida specialty fruit is down; the USDA predicts 1.3 million boxes of tangelos, down from 1.5 million in January, and 4.6 million boxes of tangerines, down from 4.9 million. The yield for from-concentrate orange juice (FCOJ) is expected to be 1.61 gallons per 90-pound box, down from 1.62.
For More information, Visit
Florida Southern College Citrus Department
The Ledger – The Big Chill
St. Pete Times – OJ Prices to Rise More
Send Florida Oranges
Bake Orange Bar Cookies
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
2/11 assignment
I think linking to other sources when that story has some sort of exclusive feature is ok. When you link to other sources for general newsworthy events, then you're only hurting yourself.
Sometimes a news outlet will run an exclusive that is tied into a major story, say for instance Alex Rodriguez admitting to steroid use to Peter Gammons of ESPN. If CNN Sports talks about steroids in baseball or Rodriguez in general, it would be ok to link the story and would make sense. But if CNN Sports talks about last night's Lakers game and then links to ESPN about their take on a regular season early-February basketball game, that's just giving ESPN free hits and taking away from CNN Sports.
Sometimes a news outlet will run an exclusive that is tied into a major story, say for instance Alex Rodriguez admitting to steroid use to Peter Gammons of ESPN. If CNN Sports talks about steroids in baseball or Rodriguez in general, it would be ok to link the story and would make sense. But if CNN Sports talks about last night's Lakers game and then links to ESPN about their take on a regular season early-February basketball game, that's just giving ESPN free hits and taking away from CNN Sports.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
1/30 assignment
The pitch I would do would be on how it starts in high school and transitions to college. Pro athletes get much publicity about taking steroids to win championships and (more often the case) huge contracts. As long as there aremillions of dollars to be made in sports, people will try steroids. However, some students in college take it just to make the team and are often uneducated on the effects they have and don't realise the cost will greatly outweigh the rewards. I think these athletes missed out on education programs that are starting for athletes in states such as New jersey, Texas, Florida, and California to name a few. If the education is more widespread at younger ages, will it have an impact?
Here is a feature story on a student athlete who used steroids and committed suicide
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5659879931&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5659879934&cisb=22_T5659879933&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=22&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,76,11&docsInCategory=773&csi=11063&docNo=7
An article on Florida overnment aproving steroid testing in high schools
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/returnTo.do?returnToKey=20_T5659899522
American Academy of Pediatrics public information on steroid use
http://www.aap.org/publiced/BR_Teen_Steroids.htm
Article on how California requires athletes to attend classes on steroids, particularly note the quote mentioning it costs the state $200 a student for this.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/20/MNGNDL90A51.DTL&feed=rss.news
Article on how drug testing is going in Texas high schools. They recieved 2 positive results in 10,000 tests, is it cost effective?
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5659879931&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5659879934&cisb=22_T5659879933&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=22&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,76,11&docsInCategory=773&csi=8213&docNo=6
Dallas news online feature on steroid use in high schools. Note the information given in the "Understanding Steroids" link
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2005/steroids/index.html
Here is a feature story on a student athlete who used steroids and committed suicide
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5659879931&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5659879934&cisb=22_T5659879933&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=22&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,76,11&docsInCategory=773&csi=11063&docNo=7
An article on Florida overnment aproving steroid testing in high schools
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/returnTo.do?returnToKey=20_T5659899522
American Academy of Pediatrics public information on steroid use
http://www.aap.org/publiced/BR_Teen_Steroids.htm
Article on how California requires athletes to attend classes on steroids, particularly note the quote mentioning it costs the state $200 a student for this.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/20/MNGNDL90A51.DTL&feed=rss.news
Article on how drug testing is going in Texas high schools. They recieved 2 positive results in 10,000 tests, is it cost effective?
http://www.lexisnexis.com:80/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5659879931&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5659879934&cisb=22_T5659879933&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=22&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,76,11&docsInCategory=773&csi=8213&docNo=6
Dallas news online feature on steroid use in high schools. Note the information given in the "Understanding Steroids" link
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2005/steroids/index.html
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