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A decline in citrus production. Up until 2014, Florida produced almost three-quarters of the nation’s oranges, according to the Farm Bureau.. Now, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
About 3,400 citrus acres (1,376 hectares) will be managed by third-party caretakers for another season through 2026. ... Florida’s citrus production has been declining for the past two decades ...
(The Center Square) – The Florida citrus industry has survived multiple devastating hurricanes in the last several years. It's also had to deal with freezes and continues to combat citrus ...
In 2022, the U.S. exported 25.8 million gallons of orange juice to Canada, valued at $124.2 million, according to the Florida Department of Citrus, with Florida accounting for around 60% of total ...
Citrus greening is being attributed for a total output impact of −4.51 billion, and a loss of 8,257 jobs within Florida. [16] The disease has now spread throughout the entire state, and affects every Florida citrus grower. [18] The disease is spread through an insect vector, the Asian citrus psyllid. The psyllid was previously introduced into ...
(The Center Square) – A report by a nonpartisan nonprofit says Florida's citrus industry's production has dropped 90% in the last 20 years and offers solutions back to primacy. The report by ...
Business would decline from a variety of factors including the loss of orange groves to NASA land purchases, Citrus canker outbreaks, and abnormally low temperatures, leading to the packing house to close for good in 1991. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 1993, and would later be sold for $749,000 in 1998.
Before Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, the USDA's initial citrus crop forecast for the season was already down 32% from last season. After Ian, citrus crop yields will now be down even ...