Florida citrus industry sees little cold damage
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Florida's key citrus producing region has emerged unscathed from its latest weekend night of unusually low temperatures, an industry official said on Monday.
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While Hurricane Frances was far less damaging than feared, citrus crop damage may set records, Florida officials said Monday, and tourism operators
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By Sara Kennedy, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec.
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Florida will have the smallest orange crop in a decade after a series of hurricanes blew fruit off trees and flooded groves in the state that produces 75 percent of the nation&#39;s citrus, a federal forecast released Tuesday shows.
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By Rhoda Amon, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 4--Never mind the groundhogs.   It's still winter, and it's cold inside for families and the elderly who have no heat.
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By Robbyn Brooks, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Feb. 27--The views from back yards and balconies in the Florida Panhandle can seem like a dream. But take a look at your barely-used-this-winter patio furniture and you might have nightmares.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 18--Lingering drought conditions could lead to more water restrictions for western growers already worried about losing crops.
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Initial estimates of damage caused by hurricane Frances to Florida&#39;s $9.1-billion (US) citrus industry were only starting to trickle in yesterday, but market concerns about heavy
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By Lyndsey Lewis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb.
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The sunny presence of lemons is more welcome than ever in winter, but forget lemonade; these cold days require more resourceful uses of the fruit.
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By James A. Jones Jr., The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 5--EAST MANATEE -- There is no argument that the area needs plenty of electric power and redundancy, so that the grid doesn't fail in a hurricane and leave residents in the dark for days and maybe weeks.
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By Margo Harakas, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 3--South Floridians are in a green state -- of mind.
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Frances, the second major hurricane to strike Florida in three weeks, has stung tourism, agriculture and other industries, but the state&#39;s economy is expected to
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Citrus growers across the state spent an uneasy night as a blast of bone-chilling air lingered over the East, forcing some farmers to try to save their crop beneath a layer of ice
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Florida&#39;s citrus crop will be the smallest in 13 years because of three of the hurricanes that tore through the state, a federal forecast released Tuesday shows.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla., Sept. 4 -- Al Cialella is from Philadelphia, where he always thought of "sturdy" oak trees as symbols of strength. He never knew that in central Florida, the water table is so close to the surface that oak trees have unusually shallow roots. But then Hurricane Charley ripped through Kissimmee three weeks ago, knocking down oaks like bowling pins. Now he knows.
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By Carol Gentry, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 13--TAMPA -- Every few days, a Federal Express truck pulls into the loading dock at Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute with another delivery of tumor tissues, snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in Ziploc bags.