Drew DixonJune 11, 2020
3min773
The Valencia orange harvest fell by about 2.5 million boxes from October projections.
Tag: Florida oranges
Drew DixonJune 11, 2020
Joe HendersonApril 19, 2020
9min287
Welcome to our weekly game of Winners and Losers in Florida politics. Before we get to that, though, let’s give a tip of the cap – from a safe distance away, of course – to the volunteers throughout the state who found a productive way to shelter in place. With a desperate need for medical […]
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 12, 2018
4min551
Recent Florida citrus estimates are steady for the first time since Hurricane Irma struck Florida. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s January estimates reflect no change from December’s, marking the first stable citrus forecast since the storm. The USDA in October forecasted 54 million boxes of oranges for 2017-2018 production. In November, that forecast dropped to 50 […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 18, 2016
3min186
Move to Florida to save some cash. That’s the pitch Gov. Rick Scott made Monday as he encouraged families and business owners to consider a move to the Sunshine State. The annual state and local tax collections per capita in Florida was $3,365 in fiscal 2012, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based tax […]