Citrus growers in Florida are still assessing the damage from Hurricane Milton. Much of the area hit by Milton is responsible ...

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

For example, every citrus-producing county in Florida was affected by Hurricane Irma in 2017, with most harvesters reporting ...

Trevor Murphy, a citrus grower in Highlands County, said he has “lost a decent amount of the early crop,” which had been getting close to maturity and was less than 60 days out from starting ...

Citrus growers in Florida are still assessing the damage from Hurricane Milton. Much of the area hit by Milton is responsible for the citrus production in the US. (Scripps News) ...

Produce growers across the Southeast faced a different kind of blitz: back-to-back hits from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

You may not know Petteway, but you’ve probably enjoyed his work. He’s one of the Florida citrus growers who delivers fresh orange juice to tables around the world daily. He helps run Petteway ...

The damage comes at a particularly difficult time as growers were looking for a bounce back after Hurricane Ian also damaged crops in 2022. Citrus growers in Florida are still assessing the damage ...

A new federal report says Florida’s struggling citrus industry already was expected to produce less fruit during the 2024-2025 growing season. And that was before Hurricane Milton swept across ...