ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s citrus industry is showing a little bit of growth heading into the final stretch of the growing season. The latest USDA forecast is holding steady for orange ...

With citrus growers fleeing Florida amid disease, hard freezes and increasingly damaging storms fueled by the changing climate, a Polk County farmer chose to swap out his orange trees for a grove ...

A 31-year-old man from Land O' Lakes was charged with seven felonies after a statewide investigation revealed he had sex with a runaway child, according to the Florida Department of Law ...

Polk County, which includes Lake Wales, contains more acres of citrus than any other county in Florida. And in 2023, more people moved to Polk County than any other county in the country.

Otherwise, they cautioned that more of the roughly 1,500 remaining citrus growers in the state could exit the industry. Appearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, Florida Citrus ...

Otherwise, they cautioned that more of the roughly 1,500 remaining citrus growers in the state could exit the industry. Appearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, Florida Citrus ...

(The Center Square) – A report by a nonpartisan nonprofit says Florida’s citrus industry’s production has dropped 90% in the last 20 years and offers solutions back to primacy. The report by ...

Milton was the third hurricane to hit Florida in one year, the sixth time the state has reported three hurricanes in one hurricane season since 1871. One citrus producer in Lake County told WKMG ...

including a twister in St. Lucie County that killed six people and significantly damaged an iconic family-owned citrus business. An initial estimate by the Florida Department of Agriculture and ...

A Citrus County resident for nearly 50 years, he has previously served as public works director, assistant county administrator and a division director at the Southwest Florida Water Management ...

Reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Florida ... to be used for citrus production, down from 332,256 acres when the annual survey was conducted in 2023. Hendry County was down ...