Trevor Murphy’s family has been growing Florida citrus for decades. “I’m a third-generation citrus grower. My grandfather ...

Those catastrophes contributed to a 90% decline in orange production over the past two decades. Citrus groves in Florida, ...

Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing, or HLB, can cause reduced fruit production and fruit that are bitter, partially green and possibly misshapen. Officials with the U.S. Department of ...

A local researcher who is studying treatments for a disease that’s killing citrus trees said her U.S. Department of ...

Multinational food and agricultural company Dole plc (DOLE) has stated that it is raising the prices of its pineapple products. Former United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) economist Richard ...

And in 2023, more people moved to Polk County than any other county in the country.Population growth, hurricanes and a vicious citrus greening disease have left the Florida orange industry reeling.

Over the past 20 years the U.S. butterfly population has declined 22%, a dramatic loss that has scientists concerned.

Florida orange production has fallen by some 90% in the past two decades in large part due to citrus greening, but growers ...

Effective immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the area quarantined ...

Hit by Storms and Disease, Florida's Citrus Growers Try to Survive Until Bug-Free Trees Arrive LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of ...

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 ...