/tags/citrus-greening citrus greening en-US SA¹ś¼Ź“«Ä± Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT /business/2026-03-23/florida-oranges-citrus-industry-disease Citrus groves are shrinking from disease, disasters and real estate development. The orange harvest is in a 30-year decline. Growers are using anti-bacterial injections and screenhouses to fight citrus greening as they look to diversify. For the farmer running a family-owned operation, it also feels like the end of an era. ā€œPeople like myself, I'm almost 60, we're retiring or dying, and that knowledge is being lost with us,ā€ said owner Steve Crump. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT /business/2026-03-23/florida-oranges-citrus-industry-disease Tom Hudson /environment/2025-09-05/florida-citrus-grove-land-continues-to-dwindle The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week reported that the industry is entering the 2025-2026 growing season with 208,183 acres in use for producing oranges, grapefruit and specialty fruits, 24 percent fewer acres than a year ago. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:15:00 GMT /environment/2025-09-05/florida-citrus-grove-land-continues-to-dwindle Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /business/2025-01-06/citrus-business-leaving Fort Myers-based Alico Inc.says citrus production has declined extensively because of citrus greening disease and hurricane damage. Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:30:00 GMT /business/2025-01-06/citrus-business-leaving Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida /food-and-agriculture/2024-06-06/in-central-florida-scientists-battle-citrus-disease-with-genetic-engineering As orange prices boom and crops plummet worldwide, scientists in Central Florida lead the search for citrus greening solutions with genetic engineering. Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:24:56 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2024-06-06/in-central-florida-scientists-battle-citrus-disease-with-genetic-engineering Molly Duerig /environment/2023-10-16/florida-citrus-forecast-improves-over-last-year-when-hurricanes-hit-state Florida's citrus production is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:30:00 GMT /environment/2023-10-16/florida-citrus-forecast-improves-over-last-year-when-hurricanes-hit-state The Associated Press /environment/2023-05-08/the-20-year-fight-against-citrus-greening-in-florida-has-farmers-and-researchers-exhausted Nearly 20 years after citrus greening appeared in Florida, exhausted farmers and researchers struggle to survive a disease destroying the stateā€™s quintessential crop. Mon, 08 May 2023 20:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-05-08/the-20-year-fight-against-citrus-greening-in-florida-has-farmers-and-researchers-exhausted /environment/2023-04-19/a-newly-discovered-type-of-orange-tree-may-offer-hope-to-the-florida-citrus-industry Officials say the Donaldson tree could offer relief to citrus growers across the state whose latest crop was the lowest since World War II. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:30:00 GMT /environment/2023-04-19/a-newly-discovered-type-of-orange-tree-may-offer-hope-to-the-florida-citrus-industry Meghan Bowman /news/2022-06-09/florida-faces-1-2-million-verdict-for-killing-citrus-trees The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest verdict against the state agency for destroying citrus trees in the 2000s during an attempt to stop the spread of costly tree diseases. Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:30:06 GMT /news/2022-06-09/florida-faces-1-2-million-verdict-for-killing-citrus-trees The Associated Press /news/2022-02-10/the-epa-is-again-considering-a-bee-killing-pesticide-to-combat-floridas-citrus-greening-disease The state wants permission to use 50,000 pounds of clothianidin on citrus, including oranges, tangerines, lemons, limes and grapefruits, from now through the end of October. Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:25:00 GMT /news/2022-02-10/the-epa-is-again-considering-a-bee-killing-pesticide-to-combat-floridas-citrus-greening-disease Jessica Meszaros /2019-08-26/antibiotic-injections-could-be-better-at-killing-citrus-greening-bacteria Researchers at the University of Florida released a study this month in the journal Phytopathology , saying there's a way to more quickly and... Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:18:18 GMT /2019-08-26/antibiotic-injections-could-be-better-at-killing-citrus-greening-bacteria Jessica Meszaros, Jessica Meszaros