Citrus greening

Hendry County was down 12,374 acres, Polk County saw a drop from 60,131 acres to 58,516 acres.

Overall citrus numbers were up 11.4 percent from the 2022-2023 season — but 2022-2023 had the lowest production in nearly 100 years.

A report estimates that Florida growers will produce 18.8 million 90-pound boxes of oranges and 2 million boxes of grapefruit this season.

Florida’s struggling citrus industry could be showing signs of recovery from the devastations of citrus greening and Hurricane Ian.

An increase in the forecast for the citrus growing season means a little more juice in the budget for the Department of Citrus.

Florida’s citrus industry is expected to see a rare increase in production after last year’s Hurricane Ian-damaged crop.

During today’s (10/25/2021) sustainable living show we talked to Niki Barber, who managed a lab at the University of Florida in the department of Plant Pathology and just completed her graduate degree.  

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