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In the final days of the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way for use of the pesticide Aldicarb, a known neurotoxin. Florida citrus growers want to use it to fight citrus greening.
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A company wants federal permission to use a pesticide linked to brain damage in young children and infants on citrus trees in Florida and Texas.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday forecast a 15 percent decline in orange production for the recently started growing season as compared to the last harvest
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Hurricane Irma continues to challenge Florida’s citrus industry. Two growing seasons separated from the September 2017 storm that flooded groves and...
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Florida’s struggling citrus industry is projected to see a 3.3 percent increase in production in the newly started growing season.
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Citrus has shaped the state’s identity for 100 years. But it has been a tough ten years with freezes, hurricanes, development pressure and, worst of all...
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When Adam Putnam announced his candidacy for Governor of the state of Florida last year, he stood on the steps of the stately old Polk County courthouse...
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Florida’s orange crop forecast has held steady since the end of 2018, while projections for other types of citrus have been reduced.
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the Trump Administration, approved the use of the antibiotic oxytetracycline on citrus…
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Florida’s citrus industry still contributes an estimated $8 billion a year to the state economy. That’s despite its longtime battle against greening - a...