Citrus production down, but stockpiles will pick up slack
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Florida growers will pick far fewer oranges and grapefruits this season than last after hurricanes devastated crops in the state, where most US citrus is grown, the government said Tuesday.
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Â· More digestible feedstuff reduces production of gasÂ· Farmers could switch to different grass varieties
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The citrus industry in the land of   Jaffa oranges, squeezed for a decade by economic decline and a   Palestinian uprising, is blossoming again.
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This year's hurricanes spread citrus canker to at least 11,000 trees in Charlotte County, one of the largest outbreaks of the fruit-damaging infection to ever affect Florida's citrus industry, state officials said.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 15--New emergency water pumps, along with a day of soaking rain, offered hope Thursday to South Florida growers struggling through drought conditions.
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Clearing tropical forests to grow crops leads to a downward spiral in nutrients within the soil, a study suggests.
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Slow sales in Asia are expected to cut into sales and profits.
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Office Depot Inc. ODP.N on Tuesday  warned of weaker-than-expected full-year profit because of the  string of hurricanes in Florida and poor sales across North  America and Europe, sending its stock down nearly 8 percent.
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KOUTS, Ind.  -- The quiet country life can turn into a pressure cooker of stress at harvest time as farmers push themselves to their limits, agricultural experts say...
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By Ana Menendez, The Miami Herald  Feb. 14--My father's love affair with citrus trees goes back further than I can remember. Other dads played golf; mine spent his weekends pruning, watering, pampering. And wherever we lived, our backyard was always filled with the sweet scent of orange.
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The corn crop is flattened, rice paddies are washed away. Even the bitter oranges exported to make liqueur have become casualties of Tropical Storm Jeanne, which killed more than 1,500 people, delivered a hefty blow to Haiti's peasants and is raising fears of famine.
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Florida will produce the smallest grapefruit crop in almost 70 years after three hurricanes hit the state&#39;s citrus producing counties, blowing over trees, ripping fruit from limbs and flooding groves.
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EAST MANATEE - One way the struggling Florida citrus industry can get a boost is for the US government to slap a tariff on countries that sell juice below costs, local citrus growers agree.
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Normally at this time of the year, labor contractor Jose Luis Avalos would be assembling a crew of workers who could each earn &#36;1,500 to &#36;2,000 a week in the area's abundant citrus groves.
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Florida&#39;s orange crop dropped to its lowest level in 13 years while the grapefruit crop sank to its lowest point in 69 years. The projected 2004-05 orange crop fell to 168 million
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This is not exactly a season of joy for shippers of gift-boxed grapefruit and oranges. The three hurricanes that battered Florida's citrus groves over the summer devastated the state's grapefruit and orange crop, causing a sharp rise in wholesale prices for the fruit that is stamped, wrapped and nestled in boxes for the chilly north every Christmas season.
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The Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) has said that despite a reduced crop estimate, there should be enough juice and fruit to meet US demand.