Extreme dry conditions across Florida are driving up irrigation expenses and compounding long-running challenges for citrus producers.

A modified orange rootstock is the latest advance in fighting citrus greening disease, a Florida company told the federal ...

When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched groves. But for two decades, the state’s citrus industry has been under siege by a ...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida’s iconic citrus industry may be showing early signs of a comeback after years of steady decline, according to new federal estimates and growers working to keep trees alive ...

Asian citrus psyllid adults feeding on citrus. Diaphorina citri, citrus disease, pests. 2009 Annual Research Report photo by Tyler Jones. Greening disease has devastated citrus in Florida, with the US ...

GROVELAND, Fla. — Matt Mattia used both hands to flip through the branch at his eye level, studying each side of every leaf as sunlight filtered from above. “Just healthy leaves,” he said, noting the ...

BARTOW, Florida – Citrus was a cornerstone of Florida's economy and identity for more than a century, but a decades-long decline driven by an invasive predator and relentless hurricanes leaves some ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On a warm morning in Polk County, heavy equipment hummed through rows of citrus as a mobile carbonizer known as a “Tigercat” converted trees and grove debris into biochar — a ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in Ramona this week after two citrus trees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donaldson might just be the last branch keeping Florida’s orange juice flowing. When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matt Mattia used both hands to flip through the branch at his eye level, studying each side of every leaf as sunlight filtered ...