glass of orange juice with oranges in background - DENYSOFF/Shutterstock You may not have realized it, but in the past few years, there has been a sea change in the American orange industry as the ...
Florida’s citrus industry is experiencing a revival after years of struggling with canker and citrus greening, a pest-borne ...
Orange juice was once a symbol of health and the United States’ booming agriculture. In the 1950s, advertisements sponsored by the Florida Citrus Commission encouraged Americans to drink “a full big ...
Central Florida’s citrus harvests are ripening just in time for the holidays, and Dun-D Citrus Growers — a Polk County ...
A greater number of Florida oranges is expected to be available for consumers next year, according to a citrus production forecast released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Last ...
THAN 60 TO MORE THAN 80 FOR YEARS, ORANGE PRODUCTION IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN DECLINING. FARMERS HAVE FOUGHT WITH DIFFICULT DISEASES AND WEATHER, WIPING OUT ENTIRE GROVES. BUT THERE IS FINALLY A CHANGE.
Read full article: Florida citrus farmers await federal aid months after hurricanes damaged crops Fred Gmitter, a geneticist at the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center, holds an ...
(CNN) — The combination of extreme weather and a disease impacting citrus fruit is expected to drive down Florida’s orange crop to its lowest level since before World War II, shrinking the state’s ...
Read full article: Random Florida Fact: The Devil’s Chair Mosquito County was created in the early 1800s, well before Florida even became a state. Oranges after the ...