TALLAHASSEE - Bruises continue to be inflicted on Florida's citrus industry, as the forecast for the nearly concluded growing season dropped further Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued ...

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

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Florida's signature citrus industry is facing another production squeeze, while growers might soon be asked to pay more to help market their products. The U.S. Department ...

FLORIDA, USA — The United States Department of Agriculture estimates Florida will produce 44.75 million boxes of oranges, grapefruit and other specialty crops by the end of the year, the lowest number ...

The USDA says 14.52 million boxes of citrus were produced in Florida during the 2024-25 season. It marks the lowest total since the 1919-20 season, during which 13.928 million boxes were produced.

EPA has approved a gene-edited citrus rootstock designed to help protect trees from citrus greening disease, giving growers a ...

Fred Gmitter, a geneticist at the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center, holds an orange affected by citrus greening disease at a grove in Fort Meade, Fla., on Sept. 27, 2018. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Scott Bauer, USDA A pathway still exists to rebuild a “robust” citrus industry through continued research and state ...

2 STARTING AT 5:30 P.M. A DECLINE IN FLORIDA’S CITRUS PRODUCTION IS MAKING THIS GROWING SEASON ONE OF THE LOWEST SINCE WORLD WAR TWO WESH 2. TONIGHT, WE’RE GETTING HAS THE FORECAST FROM THE DEPARTMENT ...