Florida orange growers are bracing for yet another record-low harvest as climate challenges and diseased trees continue to ...
USDA says revised figures for the citrus harvest after Hurricane Milton should be solid for the remainder of growing season.
Despite the best efforts and hopes of the citrus industry, hurricanes and a bacteria continue to batter Florida's diminished ...
Alico Inc. announced Monday that it planned to wind down its citrus operations after the current crop is harvested later this year. About 3,400 citrus acres (1,376 hectares) will be managed by ...
The December numbers were the first projections after Hurricane Milton pounded citrus-growing areas in October.
NewsChannel 7 visited farmers in Jackson County on Friday to ask a specific question: how did this week’s hard freeze affect ...
Even a slight dip below 28°F for a few hours could severely damage the fruit, prompting growers to prepare for emergency harvesting. “We’re really concerned,” said citrus farmer Greg Gude ...
That year, Florida's secretary of agriculture said the polar vortex hit the citrus industry with $2.5 billion in losses. The disaster caused many growers to go out of business, according to ...
Florida’s citrus production has been declining for the past two decades because of citrus disease and some growers have been looking for alternative uses of their land. Last month, agriculture ...