Hammered by hurricanes and citrus greening disease, Florida's citrus industry ended the 2024-2025 growing season with the ...

The Treasure Coast is considered by many to grow the sweetest and juiciest grapefruit in the world. But if you walk through Publix or any other grocery store, you'll more often than not find oranges ...

Citrus greening is a disease with no known cure that has infected nearly every citrus grove. It first cropped up 20 years ago ...

Disease, hurricanes, foreign competition and regulatory hurdles make growing citrus more challenging than ever.

Florida’s orange production rose 1% in July, marking five months without a decline, encouraging news for the state's citrus ...

The funding pot also includes $4 million for the Citrus Inspection Trust Fund, $2 million for FDACS to go toward citrus ...

Florida Citrus Mutual CEO and Executive Vice President Matt Joyner applauded the investment, stating that it “reflects the importance of this industry and the economic driver it has been.” ...

Now, hope is budding on an unlikely branch: a 30-year-old tree named Donaldson, growing on a research farm near Groveland.

Florida produced 244 million boxes of oranges and 50 million boxes of grapefruit in 1998, when the industry was at its peak, according to Florida Citrus Mutual. As a comparison, the U.S. Department… ...

Greening has spread throughout Florida since 2005, devastating countless groves and reducing citrus production by 75%. The disease has spread to Louisiana, Texas and California.

Florida citrus grower Doug Feek took a knife and slashed cleanly through a Valencia orange, then squeezed it in the palm of his hand. “You can’t get that juice or aroma anywhere else in the ...