Florida orange growers are bracing for yet another record-low harvest as climate challenges and diseased trees continue to ...
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 ...
Florida oranges had their worst crop in 70 years. They're facing a deadly disease called citrus greening ... But Florida's growers have figured out a way to keep growing edible oranges, even ...
The forecast was “extremely discouraging,” Matt Joyner, the CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual, which represents several thousand growers, said in a news release at the time. “Before Hurricane ...
With the industry’s problems exacerbated by Hurricane Milton, Florida citrus growers are turning to state and federal ...
Florida’s citrus industry is continuing ... In addition to the extreme weather, growers have been combating citrus greening, for which no known remedy exists. According to university experts ...
Milton threatens to inflict wind damage in the northern two-thirds of Florida’s citrus belt this week ... It’s critical for growers to report farm damage to their local USDA Service Center ...
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 industry is forecasting another record-low year for productions. There have been a series of recent hits to the industry, including the loss of one of the state's top growers.