Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just weeks after Florida's 2024-25 orange crop production estimate was slashed by 20%, growers are facing a polar vortex cold snap ...

Florida's citrus industry is in deep decline and growers are trying to hang on as they find ways to withstand disease and disasters.

TAMPA, Fla. - Florida's citrus output has been falling for decades, but this season's harvest could be the smallest in more than a century. According to the latest forecast from the U.S. Department of ...

(The Center Square) – A report by a nonpartisan nonprofit says Florida’s citrus industry’s production has dropped 90% in the last 20 years and offers solutions back to primacy. The report by Florida ...

UF-IFAS experts say tropical fruit trees may be better suited to state's warming climate.

(The Center Square) – The Florida citrus industry has survived multiple devastating hurricanes in the last several years. It’s also had to deal with freezes and continues to combat citrus greening, a ...

The United States Department of Agriculture suggests Florida could produce enough oranges to fill 12 million 90-pound boxes. That is around 3 million less than what was expected. “It’s a signature ...

Florida is facing its worst drought in 25 years, intensifying pressure on a citrus industry already battered by disease, hurricanes and rising costs. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 100% of the ...

Citrus crops across the Sunshine State are in a world of hurt, as back-to-back hurricanes and one of the most serious plant diseases plague oranges and their prices. "Milton came across the center of ...

Florida Citrus Mutual CEO and Executive Vice President Matt Joyner speaks Tuesday to the Senate Agriculture Committee about why research funding is key in the fight against citrus greening. (Courtesy ...