Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program

Section 12605 of the 2018 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 115-334) also established the Citrus Trust Fund and provides $25 million, available until expended, for each of 2019 through 2023, to carry out the Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension (ECDRE) Program in section 412 of AREERA (7 U.S.C. 7632(j)). Extended by H.R. 6363, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024. Funding is for a competitive research and Extension/outreach grant program to combat diseases of citrus by conducting scientific research and Extension/outreach activities, technical assistance and development activities to combat citrus diseases and pests, both domestic and invasive, which pose imminent harm to the U.S. citrus production and threaten industry viability. The ECDRE program also combats citrus diseases by supporting the dissemination and commercialization of relevant information, techniques, and technologies.