/tags/florida-citrus Florida citrus en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«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. “People like myself, I'm almost 60, we're retiring or dying, and that knowledge is being lost with us,â€� 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 /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 /business/2023-07-13/florida-citrus-growers-end-worst-season-in-nearly-a-century Numbers released Wednesday confirmed that Florida’s 2022-2023 citrus season was the worst in nearly a century, as growers tried to recover from an early-season hurricane that exacerbated industry struggles. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:22:34 GMT /business/2023-07-13/florida-citrus-growers-end-worst-season-in-nearly-a-century Jim Turner/News Service of Florida /business/2023-06-12/citrus-growers-wait-for-aid-as-the-season-closes Florida citrus officials say growers are getting more anxious while continuing to wait for federal assistance approved after Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole last fall. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:27:00 GMT /business/2023-06-12/citrus-growers-wait-for-aid-as-the-season-closes Jim Turner - News Service of Florida /podcast/the-florida-roundup/2023-02-07/voter-fraud-arrests-senate-and-governor-races-ians-citrus-damage Voter fraud arrests; Senate and governor races; Ian's citrus damage Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:35:14 GMT /podcast/the-florida-roundup/2023-02-07/voter-fraud-arrests-senate-and-governor-races-ians-citrus-damage Melissa Ross /news/2022-07-13/florida-citrus-growers-experienced-the-biggest-production-drop-in-eight-decades Florida citrus growers recorded a very slight bump in orange production in the final count of the growing season, but the industry still experienced one of its most-devastating seasons in eight decades. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:09:00 GMT /news/2022-07-13/florida-citrus-growers-experienced-the-biggest-production-drop-in-eight-decades Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /news/2022-06-10/floridas-citrus-production-is-at-an-eight-decade-low The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report Friday that estimated Florida growers will fill 44.75 million boxes of oranges, grapefruit and specialty crops during the soon-to-end season, down more than 22% from the previous season. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:28:00 GMT /news/2022-06-10/floridas-citrus-production-is-at-an-eight-decade-low Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /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 /local-news/2021-06-14/florida-farmworker-association-coordinator-discusses-aldicarb-ruling-pesticide-use WFSU News interviews Jeannie Economos, pesticide health and safety project coordinator with the Farmworker Association of Florida, following a recent federal court ruling that rejected the EPA's registration of aldicarb for use on the state's citrus. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:46:29 GMT /local-news/2021-06-14/florida-farmworker-association-coordinator-discusses-aldicarb-ruling-pesticide-use Valerie Crowder