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Ryan NicolDecember 9, 2021
3min719
'Today’s forecast underscores why support from leadership and policymakers is so important.'
Kelly HayesApril 10, 2021
5min2001
The state's current predicted production is also down 23% from last year.
Danny McAuliffeJune 11, 2019
3min286
Production is still up from last year's season, the worst in decades.
Danny McAuliffeFebruary 4, 2019
5min316
A silver lining for a recently woeful industry.
Danny McAuliffeDecember 11, 2018
5min389
Expectations toward Florida’s most-iconic crop are shifting from sour to sweet more than a year after Hurricane Irma inflicted catastrophic damage on Florida’s citrus industry. Growers in the state are expected to produce 77 million boxes of oranges during the 2018-2019 growing season, according to citrus forecasts released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. […]
Danny McAuliffeJune 12, 2018
6min253
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. […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 8, 2018
4min530
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 […]
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 […]
Jim RosicaNovember 9, 2017
4min540
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 […]