Citrus

Pressure is growing from Florida and other states as the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to determine how to move forward with a disaster-relief…

Thousands of Florida homeowners who had healthy citrus trees cut down by the state are finally going to get paid for their losses.Gov. Rick Scott on…

Florida citrus farmers are praising the passage of the spending bill in the U.S. Congress.Included in the budget plan is $90 billion dollars in disaster…

Larry Black's family has grown oranges at the Peace River Packing Company for five generations. Driving through his groves in Fort Meade, Black points out…

The Florida orange usually fares well during the winter weather, but recent numbers show citrus crops were not able to weather hurricane Irma’s storm.

No “plan B” is available if Congress does not add citrus funding to the latest disaster relief package, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said…

Florida agriculture leaders say the latest projected decline in citrus production underscores a dire need for federal disaster relief after Hurricane…

55,000 agriculture-related jobs are in danger in the wake of Hurricane Irma, according to a recent University of Florida analysis . Economist and study...

Florida's $2.5 billion request for federal disaster relief for its agriculture industry after Hurricane Irma might not be enough.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is predicting this year’s Florida citrus crop will be the smallest since the 1940s . The state is slated to produce...

We're starting something new on Florida Matters. Once a month we're going to gather together some experienced reporters from around the state for…

We're starting something new on Florida Matters. Once a month we're going to gather together some experienced reporters from around the state for…