Helene left a lasting mark, with its economic damage estimated to be between $225 billion and $250 billion. Now, with Milton closing in, Florida is once again at the center of a major storm disaster ...
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A contractor is facing thousands in proposed penalties after a 41-year-old employee collapsed while harvesting oranges at a Florida farm and died of heatstroke, federal labor officials announced.
FILE - Oranges lie rotting on the ground in a field in Immokalee, Florida, after Hurricane Wilma tore through the area on October 24, 2005, causing extensive damage to the states citrus crop.
"We got a food crisis that's going to happen here," said Richey, the president and CEO of Riverfront Packing Company in central Florida. Oranges take about 15 months to grow — often consumed in ...
A new federal report says Florida’s struggling citrus industry ... showed an overall 16.8 percent decrease in production of oranges, grapefruit and specialty fruits from the 2023-2024 season.