Florida citrus growers await aid as season closes
Florida citrus officials are promoting the "grit of this industry" as the growing season is set to close with the lowest production in nearly a century.
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Florida citrus officials are promoting the "grit of this industry" as the growing season is set to close with the lowest production in nearly a century.
"Lawmakers, agriculture groups and farmworker organizations are pushing to pass an overhaul of the farmworker visa program through both chambers of Congress before the GOP takes control of the House next year," the Wall Street Journal reported this week.
Annual holiday feast is likely to see sharply higher prices for turkey and other traditional food items.
Consumers in Florida and across the nation should expect the price of Florida orange and grapefruit (fruit, juice, etc.) to increase as a direct response to the ravages of Hurricane Ian.
As they prepare for the 2022-2023 season, Florida citrus growers are using 32,046 fewer acres than during the past season.
Manufacturers are again downsizing packaging in an effort to ease the hit from inflation. Are they going too far?
The coronavirus is hitting the South Florida agriculture industry particularly hard.
New statewide safety rules about prescribed burns include more restrictions on burning fields of sugarcane, a common practice during the growing season.
It is being called the miracle product to treat everything from anxiety to pain.
Estimates of citrus production in Florida continue to slide as the 2018-2019 growing season nears an end.
Florida has always been known for its oranges but a new crop could be springing up across the southern state.
With the avocado killers hiding in the trees, heat-sensing drones are launched into the air. When the killer, a deadly fungus spread by tiny beetles, is located—the dogs are sent in.
With the start of Florida's legislative session looming, one of the first issues to be taken up will be new rules on the state's waters.
In an effort to fight back a disease that has decimated the Sunshine State's most famous crops, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that it plans to spend $30 million fighting citrus greening.
Congresswoman-elect Gwen Graham likes to say that when she is sworn in Tuesday, she'll be ready to "hit the ground running from day one."
Florida may not be able to own up to its popular nickname the 'Orange State' anymore.
Florida's international agricultural exports are up, according to a report released Wednesday.
The cold temperatures across the southeastern United States will play a role with how much you pay for strawberries around Valentine's Day.
2012 was a good year for Florida's fruit and veggie industry.
Hitching health and greener planet hopes to the local food movement? You may want to reconsider.
We're all on the lookout for counterfeit cash. We know to be suspicious of counterfeit purses. But what about fake food? It's a growing threat in the US and beyond.
Plant pests and diseases are killing South Florida palm trees, endangering Dade County Pine trees, and have all but eradicated citrus trees from the landscape. Now, they've taken aim on the Avocado, with the discovery of a dangerous beetle and disease in a Miami-Dade commercial avocado grove.
After 45 years, Florida residents once again have the legal right to dye bunnies and chickens bright neon colors to give children for Easter gifts, despite the fact the law change has been decried by animal rights advocates statewide.
Do you think your friends in other industries are happier? They might be.
Consumers may be looking at an increase in the price of orange juice after the Food and Drug Administration said it would stop all shipments of foreign orange juice at the border, and turn back any who test positive for the fungicide Carbendazim.
