Follow these tips on how to prune citrus trees to encourage strong branches and improve fruit production. Knowing when and ...
Once standing at 18 feet tall and requiring ladders for harvest – the citrus trees are now barely half that height and ...
The state’s orange yield has declined by 90% in the last three decades. In the last 10 years, grove land has halved.
Hurricanes and disease have already taken a tremendous toll on those fragrant trees, not to mention development demand for ...
Florida Citrus Mutual CEO and Executive Vice President Matt Joyner stressed the need to continue providing money for research ...
Along with citrus greening, industry has faced constant pressures from development and has been hit by hurricanes and winter ...
With research occurring at places such as the University of Florida, Joyner said the goal is to stabilize the industry by ...
Florida produced 244 million boxes of oranges and 50 million boxes of grapefruit in 1998, when the industry was at its peak, ...
Florida Citrus Mutual CEO and Executive Vice President Matt Joyner appeared before the committee to represent state growers ...
But the freeze isn’t the only threat. Farmers are also battling ‘greening’ disease, a deadly bacteria that has devastated 80% ...