{"id":19528,"date":"2023-07-12T16:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T20:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=19528"},"modified":"2023-07-12T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T20:40:11","slug":"sen-ossoff-introduces-legislation-to-strengthen-georgias-citrus-industry","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-introduces-legislation-to-strengthen-georgias-citrus-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Introduces Legislation to Strengthen Georgia\u2019s Citrus Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s legislation would help ensure Georgia\u2019s citrus industry has representation on the National Citrus Disease Subcommittee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization, Sen. Ossoff met with key agricultural leaders to ensure farm bill meets the needs of Georgia\u2019s farmers & growers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em><\/a>, Georgia\u2019s citrus industry has grown by 10,000% in last decade<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is leading the charge to support Georgia\u2019s farmers and strengthen the state\u2019s growing citrus industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff introduced the Georgia Citrus Development Act of 2023 <\/em>to ensure Georgia citrus growers have a seat at the table when guiding key decisions for the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bill would add a new Georgia member to the Citrus Disease Subcommittee (CDS), a national policy council created by Congress in 2014 to advise the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture on advancing industry-related research needed to combat citrus diseases and pests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGeorgia citrus fruits, like the legendary Georgia satsuma, are world-renowned and fast becoming even more popular. I am a champion for Georgia\u2019s citrus growers, and this bill will ensure they have a seat at the table as policies impacting citrus growers are made,\u201d\u00a0said Sen. Ossoff.\u00a0<\/strong>

The Citrus Disease Subcommittee (CDS) was established by Congress in the 2014 Farm Bill to advance Federal research on citrus diseases and how to mitigate these issues. For example, the CDS advises the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture on best practices for combatting citrus diseases and pests that harm crops, helping advance research across the citrus industry.
Earlier this year, Sen. Ossoff\u00a0heard directly<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0citrus\u00a0growers in Ochlocknee about the needs of their growing\u00a0industry\u00a0and how he can best fight for them in the Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to ensure Georgia\u2019s agricultural community and farmers have the information, resources, and technology they need to deliver food and goods across Georgia and nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, following Sen. Ossoff\u2019s months-long behind-the-scenes push<\/a>, the Republic of India announced a major 70% cut to tariffs on U.S. pecan exports, a big win for Georgia farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff has also been working to open more international markets for Georgia\u2019s farmers and growers to export more products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and Senator Reverend Warnock also recently urged<\/a> President Biden and the Department of Agriculture to boost funding to protect Georgia\u2019s poultry industry from avian flu outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click aqu\u00ed<\/a> to read the Georgia Citrus Development Act of 2023<\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s legislation would help ensure Georgia\u2019s citrus industry has representation on the National Citrus Disease Subcommittee Ahead of 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization, Sen. Ossoff met with key agricultural leaders to ensure farm bill meets the needs of Georgia\u2019s farmers & growers According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia\u2019s citrus industry has grown by 10,000% in last decade Washington D.C. \u2014 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19528","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19532,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19528\/revisions\/19532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}