Florida Orange, Grapefruit Crops Reduced Further
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Florida's hurricane-damaged orange and grapefruit crop will be even smaller than originally estimated, officials said Friday, raising the prospect of higher prices for orange juice at supermarkets and an even greater scarcity of grapefruit juice.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 23--ANNA MARIA ISLAND -- The barrier islands have been spared another week of the unbearable effects of red tide.
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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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By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Jan. 30--Glades-area farmers were scrambling Monday to line up protection  for their sweet corn and green bean crops as the coldest weather of the season  rolled into the region.
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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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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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The Bush administration announced new rules Thursday to allow U.S. farmers who grow tomatoes, strawberries and other crops to continue using methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting pesticide that had been scheduled to be phased out worldwide next year.
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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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BALTIMORE -- Chemical maker Du Pont Co. is cutting 1,500 jobs as it restructures its agriculture and nutrition division, putting the $100 million it expects to save into its seeds business, where it is in an increasingly tough battle with rival Monsanto.
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Hurricane Frances destroyed more of the  citrus crop in some places in Florida than Hurricane Charley  did three weeks ago, the state's agriculture commissioner said  on Tuesday.
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While Florida's economy will get the biggest jolt from the improbable string of hurricanes this year, consumers around the country may notice the effects in coming weeks and months when they buy a gallon of gas, a carton of orange juice or a bag of peanuts.
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September&#39;s furious winds have subsided, but the devastating effects of Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, which blew ashore in the Treasure Coast just three weeks apart, continue to bedevil home sales, according to a Florida Association of Realtors report
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By Alison Trinidad, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Dec.
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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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The Bush administration announced new rules Thursday to allow U.S. farmers who grow tomatoes, strawberries and other crops to continue using methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting The United States was among a ...
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies think they have found a solution for getting rid of drug dealers and prostitutes who congregate under a giant oak tree: chop it down...
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Florida's orange groves emerged mostly unscathed from unusually low temperatures overnight, the state's largest growers association said Thursday.