A brief cold snap across Florida has residents worrying about pipes and plants, but citrus growers say the latest round of ...
Florida’s iconic citrus industry may be showing early signs of a comeback after years of steady decline, according to new ...
Florida’s groundwater remains relatively warm even in winter, often in the 50s or 60s. As the water freezes around the trunk ...
UF scientists are developing high‑tech, gene‑edited citrus varieties to help Florida growers fight citrus greening and speed ...
Did you know that colder temperatures can actually decrease the acid and increase the sugar content in oranges and make them ...
The long-struggling Florida citrus industry now faces an invasive species crisis, but researchers have a plan to fight back.
Citrus farmers in Clermont are taking swift action to protect their crops and exotic animals as Central Florida faces ...
The USDA is now forecasting that 12 million boxes of oranges will be harvested in 2026. There’s also expected to be a solid ...
USDA’s 2025-26 forecast projects 12M orange boxes and 1.2M grapefruit, slightly below 2024-25. But growers say there are ...
LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...
On either side of a sandy dirt road, Valencia orange trees tower overhead with flecks of orange and yellow peeking through leafy green branches. Morgan McKenna Porter, 32, has spent her whole life in ...