Following hard freeze, Jackson County farmers monitoring citrus trees
NewsChannel 7 visited farmers in Jackson County on Friday to ask a specific question: how did this week’s hard freeze affect ...
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Florida’s citrus outlook remains bleak. But new science offers hope.
The state’s orange yield has declined by 90% in the last three decades. In the last 10 years, grove land has halved. Oranges high atop a 16 foot citrus tree on The Story Companies 60 acre citrus ...
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Picking fruit to save it from freezing temperatures? Donate it to the St. Mary's Food Bank
Brown said many items in the food boxes are non-perishable, and people love going home with fresh citrus. The citrus program dates back to the 1960s when the food bank first opened and has ...
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Already stung by reduced crop estimate, Florida citrus industry now faces polar vortex
3 (UPI) --A polar vortex with the potential to damage Florida's seasonal ... of Agriculture's latest citrus crop update issued last month delivered a fresh blow to industry. And now nature is ...