Otherwise, they cautioned that more of the roughly 1,500 remaining citrus growers in the state could exit the industry.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — You can smell it before you can see it! I'm talking about Florida citrus groves. Florida is one of the world's largest producers of citrus and here in our backyard ...

Urgent plea from Florida’s citrus growers this week, as they urged state lawmakers to take action and restore what was once the "Orange Juice Capital of the World" — or risk losing the remnants of it.

They have successfully killed the insect behind the greening disease in the lab, but the real test will come over the next three years to see if they survive in citrus groves.

Florida citrus production has dropped more than 90% in less than three decades, and growers want lawmakers to help.

The state’s orange yield has declined by 90% in the last three decades. In the last 10 years, grove land has halved. Oranges high atop a 16 foot citrus tree on The Story Companies 60 acre citrus ...

What initially appeared to be a solid recovery for Florida’s citrus industry in the aftermath of two wild hurricanes in 2024 got a bit more challenging as the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA) ...