The industry has grappled for two decades with deadly citrus greening disease and issues such as encroaching development.

Citrus crops across the Sunshine State are in a world of hurt, as back-to-back hurricanes and one of the most serious plant diseases plague oranges and their prices. "Milton came across the center ...

At Showcase of Citrus, an orange grove in Clermont, Florida, near Orlando, the gusts from Milton bent some trees at a 45-degree angle, owner John Arnold told ABC News. A barn at H&A Farms in Mount ...

New estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that Florida’s citrus crop was struggling ... rainfall and gusty winds had on crops. Orange harvesting season typically begins as ...

a disease that’s ravaged orange production for decades. Following Hurricanes Irma (2017), Ian (2022) and Idalia (2023), Florida's citrus sector suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

A new federal report says Florida’s struggling citrus industry already was expected ... produced during the 2022-2023 season, the lowest orange total since the 1934-1935 season.

Orange juice futures rose for a second straight day as production in Florida is seen shrinking after Hurricane Milton knocked fruit from branches and left citrus trees lying on the ground. More ...

The Sunshine State’s ailing citrus industry is bracing for a haymaker in the form of a direct hit from Hurricane Milton. Florida’s orange groves, which have been in recovery mode since being ...