Hollieanna Groves in Maitland. (Copyright 2023 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) MAITLAND, Fla. – A Florida holiday tradition will not return to Maitland ...
As Florida’s citrus season begins, stretching from October through May, orange trees hang heavy with ripe fruit, bursting ...
In the 1980s, Florida had seven devastating freezes that destroyed my family’s 150-acre citrus business and hundreds of ...
As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes encroaching on the orange ...
An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida and could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State’s ...
The new development is called NuCitrus, a new orange tree showing tolerance to the Sunshine State’s long-time enemy.
Florida plans to invest $200 million to save and revive its citrus industry, which has a long history of producing oranges and other citrus fruits. Over the past 20 years, the industry has faced ...
Here in Florida, Citrus Greening Disease has devastated the state's iconic citrus industry for years. Over the last few decades, the bacterial disease has been getting into the citrus trees, stopping ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pointing to Florida’s decades-long fight with deadly citrus greening disease and damage from hurricanes, a major grower Monday announced it will “wind down” citrus operations and ...
Two cold fronts are expected to hit Florida in the early days of 2025, after the new year arrives Wednesday with above-normal temperatures. Temperatures are forecast to be around freezing later this ...