Disease, hurricanes and development are squeezing Florida’s orange groves
At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore," said Trevor Murphy, a third-generation grower.
Florida orange juice production plummets amid crop disease, natural disasters and shrinking demand
Over the last 20 years, production in Florida orange groves has plummeted 92%, according to the U.S. Department of ...
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Hit by storms and disease, Florida’s citrus growers try to survive until bug-free trees arrive
“At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. “You look around ...
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Florida’s famous orange groves may soon disappear
“At some point, this isn’t going to be an orange grove anymore,” Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the rows of trees in Lake Wales, Florida. “You look around ...