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Orange production is down about 6% from the 2018-19 season.
Drew DixonJune 11, 2020
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The Valencia orange harvest fell by about 2.5 million boxes from October projections.
A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2020
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Bigger oranges, but fewer of them.
Ryan NicolDecember 10, 2019
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The USDA estimates 74 million boxes of oranges will be produced in Florida, an increase over 2018-19 levels.
Ryan NicolOctober 10, 2019
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The state is projected to produce 74 million boxes of oranges this upcoming season.
Danny McAuliffeJune 12, 2018
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While unchanged from May, the latest and last forecast of the 2017-2018 orange growing season is a brutal reminder of Hurricane Irma’s devastation. On Tuesday, the United States Department of Agriculture forecast Florida would produce 44.95 million boxes of oranges in total. That’s a continuation from May forecasts, which saw a slight dip from April. […]
Danny McAuliffeMay 10, 20186min308
There’s good and bad in the latest United States Department of Agriculture citrus forecast; projected numbers are down, though not by much, signaling stability. USDA projections released Thursday estimate Florida growers will produce 44.95 million boxes of oranges in the current growing season. At the start of the citrus season in October, USDA officials estimated the […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 8, 2018
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It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the feds this week announced “yet another decrease in the size of the Florida orange crop this season due to Hurricane Irma.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s latest report pegs orange production for 2017-18 at 45 million boxes—”a 35 percent decrease over last season and the lowest crop […]
Jim RosicaNovember 9, 2017
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As Florida’s citrus industry “seeks consideration for federal emergency funding,” a U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast Thursday “confirmed a continuing decline in production due to Hurricane Irma’s impact on this season’s crop,” the Florida Department of Citrus said in a press release. “The report predicts Florida orange production for 2017-18 at 50 million boxes of oranges, a 27 percent […]