ARCADIA, Fla. — According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, citrus growers in Florida are finally recovering from the damage Hurricane Ian caused to the industry in 2022. According to ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. — After years of hardships, Florida citrus growers could soon receive the relief they’ve been waiting for. A state Senate committee recently proposed $200 million for the industry in ...

Citrus greening is a widespread disease in Florida that affects all citrus cultivars. The disease is spread by an insect called the Asian citrus psyllid, which infects the tree as it feeds. Improving ...

Since 2005, Florida’s citrus production has declined by nearly 90% due to Citrus Greening. Yet Central Florida’s Florida Classic Growers has pioneered an innovative solution - Citrus Under Protective ...

Sandhill cranes are large birds with long necks and spindly legs. True to their name, they favor sandy settings, where they spend most of their days in groups and pairs. Their coloring is grayish.

A Florida teenager is facing charges after allegedly faking his own kidnapping and shooting himself in the leg as part of the hoax, according to officials. Caden Speight, a 17-year-old from Citrus ...

“Behold … a vast circular expanse before you, the waters of which are so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether.” Naturalist ...

Oranges — one of Florida’s most iconic symbols — have suffered a major decline in production since the 1980s, when a large freeze event heavily damaged the citrus industry. But one UF graduate student ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s citrus industry is in crisis. In the last 20 years, production has fallen a staggering 90%—from 300 million boxes a year to just 12 million last season. The Florida ...

Most people know Florida’s citrus industry is struggling with citrus greening. The threat, however, doesn’t exist in a silo, and residential trees – where the plant disease was first detected in the ...

Sierra Dawn McClain captures the problems attending the H-2A guest-worker program in Washington state (“Red Tape Is the Biggest Crop on Some Farms,” op-ed, Aug. 29). Florida, which uses the highest ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s once-dominant citrus industry is being squeezed for land at an accelerating rate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week reported that the industry is entering the ...