EXETER, Calif. (AP) — A week of freezing temperatures in early December wiped out nearly a quarter of California’s $2 billion citrus industry, an industry group estimated on Monday. The group, ...
New estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that Florida’s citrus crop was struggling before Hurricane Milton, with the cyclone expected to further exacerbate the challenges that ...
Citrus crops across the Sunshine State are in a world of hurt, as back-to-back hurricanes and one of the most serious plant diseases plague oranges and their prices. "Milton came across the center of ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Three nights of freezing temperatures have destroyed up to three-quarters of California's $1 billion citrus crop, according to an estimate issued Monday as forecasters warned the ...
Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another ...
UF/IFAS researchers have developed a plant they’re calling NuCitrus. It’s based on a protein that can help make some fruit ...
Retailers plan to spark sales of Florida produce this fall with sampling programs, price promotions and storytelling.
VERO BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) — Things may be looking up for Florida's citrus industry. The latest details are spelled out in the United States Department of Agriculture's October Florida Citrus Forecast.
FROSTPROOF, Fla. (WFLA) — With citrus growers fleeing Florida amid disease, hard freezes and increasingly damaging storms fueled by the changing climate, a Polk County farmer chose to swap out his ...
TULARE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Although the weather cooperated for citrus growers Wednesday night and Thursday morning, due to good cloud cover and moist conditions, the moisture also made for some wet ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surprisingly small Florida citrus crop could spark a surge in juice prices, especially with uncertainty over a drought that has struck the only other major citrus supplier in ...