Florida is one of the world's largest producers of citrus and here in our backyard, Al's Family Farms has been harvesting and producing for three generations.

Sometimes, nature's surprises come with wings. In a new study, scientists have pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine ...

TALLAHASSEE — Citrus growers called on lawmakers Tuesday to continue providing research and advertising money to help an ...

A major grower said it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida’s signature crops are ...

Recent storms like Hurricane Irma in 2017, Ian in 2022 and Milton last year caused repeated damage to groves, said Matt ...

Growers say it takes two years for groves to recover from major storms, and they were just beginning to recover from Hurricane Ian when Milton blew through. Farmers make unexpected changes to business ...

Florida’s escalating revolt against water fluoridation stretched past midnight in Melbourne City Hall recently as dozens urged their local leaders to abandon the long-standing practice to ...

Key takeaway: Florida’s citrus industry took a blow in early January ... Further complicating the life of weak and stressed trees are hurricanes. That goes back to Irma in 2017; Ian in 2022; and ...

And is the orange getting squeezed out of Florida? Decades of obstacles are creating major issues for citrus growers ... property, hurricanes and flood insurance, all of that, those are difficult.

which was affected by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole.” It’s not just oranges; grapefruit, tangerines and other citrus were similarly flattened. If the predictions are accurate, Florida — now with 23.3 ...

Hurricane Helene, which made its Category 4 landfall in Florida's Big Bend region last ... Parks and Recreation director Ian Golden told commissioners the wait could be some time.