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Now this is starting to feel more like hurricane season. Last week produce growers in Baja California and Nova Scotia...

Is citrus a vanishing industry in Florida? Recent figures released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) indicate that the...

Denver, Colorado. (August 24, 2022) A recent study by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (UF-IFAS)...

Recently I was able to do an email interview with Christina Morton, director of communications for the Florida Fruit and...

What’s going on with Florida citrus? Recent news items paint a rather contradictory picture. It has been widely reported that...

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, calling...

Sarasota, Fla. – Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has begun...

The USDA’s latest citrus forecast bumps up Florida oranges by 2 percent over last month’s estimate. Florida is now projected...

Right about now, if you eat a Florida strawberry, odds are it’s going to taste oh-so-good. That’s no accident. Strawberries...

MAITLAND, FL (August 13, 2020) – The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association BB #:153753 and a group of Florida growers...

With foodservice demand drastically reduced and retail not able to make up the difference, many fruit and vegetable producers are...

MAITLAND, FL (March 6, 2020) — Florida growers of fresh fruits and vegetables are primed to tell U.S. trade officials...

The United States Senate passed the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement today by a vote of 89-10. The free trade agreement...

Florida citrus presents an extremely different picture from California. In many ways, it is the mirror image of the latter:...

Securing fair, equitable trade terms that benefit all remains a high-stakes endeavor for Florida producers. The highly politicized battle around...

Volatile weather, including hurricane hits and glancing blows over the last few years, have certainly taken their toll, but most...

Florida is the second largest producer of U.S. strawberries, behind California, and is responsible for the lion’s share of berries...

Florida’s climate allows it to produce tropical fruits and vegetables that few places in the United States can. Just the...