A major grower said it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida’s signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree diseases.

Florida orange growers are bracing for yet another record-low harvest as climate challenges and diseased trees continue to ...

A major grower said this week it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida's signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree diseases.

Over the past few decades, citrus trees across the country have fallen victim to citrus greening, a disease that has wiped out large swaths of Florida’s once-thriving orange groves. The disease ...

Just this week, a major grower in Fort. Myers said it’s ending its citrus crop next year after years of hurricanes and tree disease.

FILE - Fifth generation farmer Roy Petteway looks at the damage to his citrus grove from the effects of Hurricane Ian on Oct. 12, 2022, in Zolfo Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File) ...

The impact of Hurricanes Irma in 2017,Ian in 2022 and Milton in 2024 on trees already weakened from years of citrus greening disease “has led Alico to conclude that growing citrus is no ...

28, 2022, its powerful winds knocked over citrus trees, and blew off a large amount ... trend and the cost needed to combat citrus greening disease no longer supports our expectations for a ...