In its juicy heyday, a glass of orange juice was a staple of a healthy breakfast. Orange crops flourished in Florida — the "Orange State." Shannon Shepp, executive director of the state's Department ...
Florida’s on track to have its worst orange season in nearly a century. The state’s citrus industry generates millions of ...
If there's one agricultural staple Florida is known for, it’s oranges. Polk County, Florida, houses more acres of citrus than any other county in Florida. But in 2023, more people moved to Polk County ...
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s once-dominant citrus industry is being squeezed for land at an accelerating rate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week reported that the industry is entering the ...
Hammered by hurricanes and citrus greening disease, Florida's citrus industry ended the 2024-2025 growing season with the lowest production in more than a century, according to numbers released Friday ...
Florida citrus production hit a 105-year low, largely due to citrus greening and hurricanes. Citrus greening, a bacterial disease with no known cure, has decimated Florida's citrus groves since its ...