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fresh fruit. He said that the 1973 / 74 season was normal in every way--bad weather, labor prob lems including strikes, higher costs, the usual things--and the same problems will face product; in the new year, Loren Mallory, general manager of Plymouth Citrus Products Co operative, the processing plant for Mount Dora Growers Coopera tive, touched on the discourag ing problem of having to meet the lower prices of other proces sors. Indicative of the current squeeze the citrusmen are feeling, there was considerable discussion from the floor during the meeting on controlling the volume marketed and cutting grove costs. When a member,Charles Haw thorne, suggested that supply should be regulated, Mount Dora Co-op president Vernon Conner commented that this would pena lize co-op growers because of the uncontrolled independents, Conner also suggested, “we'd be spinning our wheels,” and should look instead to Florida Citrus Mutual and the Florida Citrus Commission for leadership. Nevertheless, on a motion by grower Walter Pharr, the mem bership voted overwhelmingly to have their board of directors ap point a committee to work toward a “satisfactory” pooling bill (working with other cooperatives in the state)to present to Mutual and the Commission.
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Mount Dora Topic
Mount Dora, Florida, US
Thu, Oct 31, 1974
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