Florida citrus growers say disease, weather impacts could spell end of the industry
Florida citrus production has dropped more than 90% in less than three decades, and growers want lawmakers to help.
Decline of Florida’s citrus industry hastened by Trump’s tariff tiff
I was driving through Central Florida on U.S. 301, so I just HAD to stop at the Orange Shop in Citra. It was as if my car was ...
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'We’ve dropped nearly 90% in production': Florida citrus growers asking for help to save industry
Urgent plea from Florida’s citrus growers this week, as they urged state lawmakers to take action and restore what was once ...
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Florida's troubled citrus industry looks to the state for help
Along with citrus greening, the industry has faced constant pressures from residential and commercial development and has ...
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UF researchers make new attempts to combat the disease damaging Florida’s citrus
Once standing at 18 feet tall and requiring ladders for harvest – the citrus trees are now barely half that height and ...
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Major Florida grower to end citrus operations after years of hurricanes and tree disease
A major grower said it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida’s signature crops are ...