Texas Citrus Pest & Disease Management Corporation Inc.

Texas Citrus Pest & Disease Management Corp Inc., a U.S. state government entity, serves as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on citrus pest and disease management and monitoring in Texas, with all recent funding from the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025).

The vendor operates exclusively as a grant recipient — 32 of 33 awards in the portfolio are prime cooperative agreements, with one sub-award from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Work is performed entirely in Texas, primarily in the Lower Rio Grande Valley commercial citrus production region. APHIS accounts for 32 of the vendor's 33 awards across a twelve-year award history; the Agricultural Marketing Service placed one award. The recipient's customer concentration is absolute: APHIS dominates 100% of recent awards, with no diversification across other federal agencies.

Capability work centers on year-round grove monitoring for Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) populations and citrus disease detection, geospatial mapping of psyllid populations and huanglongbing and citrus canker detections, coordination of synchronized dormant-season psyllid control activities across grower neighborhoods, and targeted education and outreach to dooryard citrus tree owners, residential stakeholders, nurseries, lawn care companies, and winter resident populations. Representative awards include a $789,193 cooperative agreement effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 for year-round grove monitoring and ACP control coordination across the Lower Rio Grande Valley with coordinated treatment windows in September, November-December, and January-February; a $416,889 cooperative agreement effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 for maintenance and monitoring of established citrus groves to assess management strategies for citrus greening disease control, with Texas A&M-Kingsville Citrus Center and Texas Citrus Mutual serving as sub-recipients; and a $789,193 cooperative agreement effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026 for similar ACP monitoring and grower-education work. The vendor's grant awards also fund education campaigns such as "Save Our Citrus" targeting residential fruit removal and awareness of Mexican fruit fly and citrus pest hazards. All treatment costs for the area-wide control programs are borne by participating growers under the voluntary, grower-driven model.

Activity has been modest and episodic: one award in 2022, two in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $19.3 million. Two awards (combined potential value not specified in the source) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure.