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Last month, agriculture officials said Florida's orange production forecast for the 2024-2025 season had dropped 20% from the previous one in October, reflecting damage from Hurricane Milton.
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 ...
But after two back-to-back hurricanes – Helene and Milton – in late September and early October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its December forecast for the 2024-2025 citrus harvest.
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 ...
Following Hurricane Ian in 2022, Florida lost about 80% of that year's citrus crop.Overall, farmers suffered estimated losses between $1.2 billion and $1.9 billion. Compared to Ian, Milton covered ...
[8] [16] Damage to Florida's citrus crop was estimated at $20 million, [45] with an expected cut of $50 million to the state's annual citrus profits. [86] As late as a week before the hurricane's arrival, 1944 had been expected to be the best year for Florida citrus production in history. [87]
Agriculture was impacted significantly, with the storm destroying one of the largest citrus crops on record. Approximately 6% of oranges and 18% of grapefruit were ruined, respectively. Harvesting the remaining crops was delayed until mid-October due to inundated groves. [41] Communications also suffered severely.
Hurricane Ian largely blamed for meager harvest of oranges and grapefruits. Florida citrus growers expected to deliver smallest orange crop in almost 90 years Skip to main content