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 ...

“The USDA’s October forecast for the 2024-2025 harvest season represents just 6.15% of the industry’s peak production,” a ...

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Florida is projected to produce 17.86 million boxes of oranges this season, up from 15.82 million in 2022-2023 — but down ...

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.

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t ...