Florida Farmers Try to Save Citrus
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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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Farmers are part of a national movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana.
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By Catherine Dolinski, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec.
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Citrus growers will harvest the smallest crop since 1993 because of three hurricanes that ravaged the state and damaged groves locally and statewide, the Florida Department of Citrus said Tuesday.
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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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Florida's orange production is expected to plunge 27 percent from a year ago in the wake of four hurricanes that lashed the state in August and September, the US Agriculture Department said.
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The devastation from Hurricane Charley in Florida's orange groves strikes at one of the state's signature industries, the ubiquitous "Florida orange juice" behemoth that is recognizable worldwide.
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Growers and scientists were beginning to grasp the difficulties officials face in trying to pinpoint the source of the bacteria.
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Pennsylvania&#39;s tobacco farmers, including those in Lancaster County, stand to lose millions of dollars over the next several years.
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Nat Roberts watched with sympathy as Hurricane Charley blew in from the Gulf Coast three weeks ago and ripped through groves in southwest Florida, causing losses of up to 20 percent for next year's Florida citrus crop. The hurricane spared Roberts' property, safely located across the state on the Atlantic Coast, but his 4,000 acres of grapefruit and orange groves now face a similar danger from Hurricane Frances.
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Researchers at the University of South Florida have been working on a biological sensor that would test waters off Florida for red tide, hoping to eventually track the harmful algae blooms.
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By NOAKI SCHWARTZ Associated Press  A farming couple is still battling to prevent placement of a landfill near a national park.   JOSHUA TREE, Calif.
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Hurricane damage could make battered Florida grapefruit growers the beneficiaries of a bidding war between domestic and international buyers.
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Florida's Department of Citrus wants to put the squeeze on producers of low-carb orange juice, claiming their labels confuse consumers into believing they're purchasing 100 percent juice when buying a product that's 42 percent juice.
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By Wendy Victora, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 21--Despite drought conditions that linger across Northwest Florida, local officials no longer have the authority to ban fireworks.
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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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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.