Orange forecast shrinks; Ag chief calls for funds to fight greening
The USDA has decreased its estimate of this season’s Florida orange crop. Following today’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 5 million-box decrease in this season’s Florida orange crop forecast,...
View ArticleFlorida’s disease-battered orange crop hits new low as season ends
This photo shows what oranges with greening disease look like. Florida’s signature crop, the orange, has taken a beating this year, resulting in the smallest crop in almost 50 years. Blame citrus...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Pact would eliminate tariffs on Florida citrus, vegetables
Under the proposed TPP, tariffs on Florida citrus would end. How might the newly reached Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement affect Florida’s agricultural exports and imports? That’s an unknown, and...
View ArticleFlorida orange crop forecast shrinks as greening disease takes toll
This photo shows what oranges with greening disease look like. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday lowered its estimate of the 2015-2016 Florida orange crop by 7.5 percent, or 6 million boxes,...
View ArticleNo cure: Greening continues to decimate Florida citrus
This photo shows what oranges with greening disease look like. Florida’s citrus crop continues to shrink as fatal greening disease kills more and more trees. The last U.S. Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleFlorida orange crop forecast increased to 81.1 million boxes
Greening disease causes fruit to become lopsided and taste bitter. Florida’s 2015-16 orange crop forecast has been increased to 81.1 million boxes, a 7 percent increase from last month’s estimate, the...
View ArticleFlorida orange crop forecast at 70 million boxes, lowest in decades
Greening disease causes fruit to become lopsided and taste bitter. The disease with no known cure has devastated Florida’s citrus industry. Florida’s signature crop, the orange, continues to be...
View ArticleFlorida’s orange crop estimate sinks lower as tree-killing disease spreads
Greening disease causes fruit to become lopsided and taste bitter. Florida’s signature crop continues to be hammered by greening disease, and Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture reduced its...
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