Brazil is Florida’s biggest international trading partner for buying what the Sunshine State sells, and tariffs might make ...

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

The BriefThe 2024-2025 citrus production season ended with the lowest total boxes of citrus since the 1919-1920 season.State lawmakers have stepped in with a record-breaking investment to help growers ...

Oct. 29 (UPI) --Nearly three weeks after deadly Hurricane Milton tore through Florida's prime citrus producing region, industry leaders are still assessing how big a hit already ailing growers may ...

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… ...

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

Florida citrus industry could get $200 million in funding BY Alexis Jones Polk County UPDATED 10:30 AM ET Apr. 28, 2025 PUBLISHED 12:58 AM ET Apr. 28, 2025 PUBLISHED 12:58 AM EDT Apr. 28, 2025 ...

Florida’s orange crop production just increased slightly, ... Florida’s citrus crisis continues. By James Tutten, WFTV.com. June 13, 2025 at 1:18 pm EDT. By James Tutten, WFTV.com.

Florida governor approves a record-breaking investment of nearly $140 million to revitalize Florida's citrus sector.

The company is also facing supply shortages in top orange-growing areas, worsened by climate-influenced disasters like hurricanes in Florida. The Agriculture Department expects this year’s ...

The citrus industry in Florida constitutes nearly $7 billion of that total and employs more than 32,000 people. Tree mortality feared. Most of the losses from Milton, ...