{"id":741,"date":"2019-06-19T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&p=741"},"modified":"2019-06-19T12:28:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:28:22","slug":"florida-citrus-commission-approves-preliminary-2019-20-budget","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fdoc-news-item\/florida-citrus-commission-approves-preliminary-2019-20-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Citrus Commission approves preliminary 2019-20 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BARTOW,\nFla.<\/strong> \u2013 The Florida Citrus Commission approved a preliminary\n2019-20 budget for the Florida Department of Citrus based on an estimate of\n71.40 million boxes of oranges and 4.51 million boxes of grapefruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented Wednesday, the Department\u2019s\ntotal preliminary budget is $14.82 million with an overall budget decrease\nof about $4 million over the previous year largely due to a reduction in\nGeneral Revenue funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The budget is based on a tax\nassessment rate projection of $.07 per box of processed oranges, all\ngrapefruit, all specialty fruit and $.05 for fresh oranges. The\npreliminary budget continues an accelerated spend down of excess fund\nbalance, which began two seasons prior. The projected use of fund balance to\nsupport this budget is $2.73 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The budget includes $1.58\nmillion general revenue funding from the State of Florida, which reflects a\n$4.07 million decrease over the previous season. It also includes $3.67 million\nin Foreign Agricultural Service Market Access Program funds from the United\nStates Department of Agriculture to be used on international programs as well\nas $275,000 in Agricultural Trade Promotion funds to be used on Fresh Orange\nprograms in Canada and Florida Orange Juice programs in South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The budget reflects\nexpenditure reductions in marketing and public relations ($3.5 million) and\nadministration ($22,000) as well as an increase in scientific research\n($160,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioners set tax rates\nin October, after the initial USDA citrus crop forecast. Several factors\nwill be used to determine the appropriate final tax rate for the season,\nincluding crop size, import projections, carryover and fund balance. They will\nthen approve a final budget for 2019-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By approving a preliminary\nbudget today, Commissioners authorize Department staff to begin work\nimmediately on programs for the 2019-20 fiscal year, which begins on July 1.\nGrower assessments will not be collected until after the rate is set in\nOctober.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Florida Citrus Commission\nis holding a marketing and budget workshop in Bartow on July 17 to further\ndiscuss options for this season and beyond. This meeting will be public and everyone\nis invited to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About\nthe Florida Citrus Commission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nFlorida Citrus Commission is the governing board of the Florida Department of\nCitrus, an executive agency of the Florida government charged with the\nmarketing, research and regulation of the Florida citrus industry. The\ncommission is a nine-member board appointed by the governor to represent citrus\ngrowers, processors and packers. FDOC activities are funded by a tax paid by\ngrowers on each box of citrus that moves through commercial channels. The\nindustry employs more than 50,000 people and provides an annual economic impact\nof $7.2 billion to the state. For more information about the Florida\nDepartment of Citrus, please visit <\/em>FloridaCitrus.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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