Fritz Roka, left, and Paul Meador, owner of Everglades Harvesting and Hauling Inc. in LaBelle, Fla., watch fruit being harvested—Monday NOV 24,2003— by a system manufactured by Oxbo International Corp. Roka, an associate professor at the University of Florida’s Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee, said the future economic viability of Florida’s citrus industry will depend on producing citrus at competitive prices, and mechanical harvesting offers an excellent opportunity to significantly lower harvesting costs by threefold. (UF/IFAS photo by Eric Zamora)