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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
(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 ...
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 already ...
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 ...
TALLAHASSEE - Citrus growers called on lawmakers Tuesday to continue providing research and advertising money to help an industry that has seen production drop more than 90% in less than three decades ...
Citrus greening has had a devastating impact on Florida's orange industry, reducing orange production by 92.5% over the past two decades. This bacterial disease is caused by a microbe that spreads ...