Among top goals for the new research center is to find citrus varieties that can tolerate or even resist citrus greening disease.

$5 million in funding from USDA to help fuel latest efforts to thwart devastating citrus disease and its vector.

USDA’s initial citrus crop estimates indicate another season of well below-normal output; but there is some hope.

Crop estimates drop as reports indicate some growers have experienced exterior scarring on as much as 80% of fruit.

Learn more about a ‘devastating’ find in the heart of a citrus-growing area that is currently and historically important for lemon production.

Learn more about the antimicrobial-based system that suppresses the deadly pathogen that has sucked the life from Florida’s citrus sector.

Michel and Veronique Sallin of IMG Citrus honored with highest award of distinction during Florida Citrus Packinghouse Day.

New study says research partners have found a faster, safer, and less expensive way for growers to detect the invasive pest.

Learn more about a new biological technology that develops and multiplies disease-resistant citrus plants using “hairy roots.”

The era of HLB has some thinking about alternative crops.

What was forecast to be a campaign of struggle for orange and grapefruit growers, turned out to be just that. Check out the final tallies.

An additional $1 million in federal funding to provide big boost for latest research and development program.

Two fruit-growing operations (one blueberry and one citrus) among those honored for setting the standard on superior stewardship.

Data coming in from experimental citrus blocks promising and set to advance.

Latest forecast from USDA hearkens Depression Era numbers. Industry holds out hope for a rebound.

Our industry contacts from around the country are keeping an eye on the weather and its current impacts on fruit and vegetable production.

Crop estimates even out for the first time during hurricane-hampered season.

University of Florida researchers are looking for strategies to improve recovery and production systems more resilient to storms.

Despite challenges from diseases, land development trends, and extreme weather, the industry contributed $6.935 billion to the state’s economy in 2020-2021.