Matt Mattia used both hands to flip through the branch at his eye level, studying each side of every leaf as sunlight filtered from above. “Just healthy leaves,” he said, noting the dark green color.

The long-struggling Florida citrus industry now faces an invasive species crisis, but researchers have a plan to fight back.

Donaldson might just be the last branch keeping Florida’s orange juice flowing. When Americans think of fresh orange juice, they probably picture a glass poured straight from Florida’s sun-drenched ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A major grower said this week it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida’s signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and ...

Most people know Florida’s citrus industry is struggling with citrus greening. The threat, however, doesn’t exist in a silo, and residential trees – where the plant disease was first detected in the ...

On either side of a sandy dirt road, Valencia orange trees tower overhead with flecks of orange and yellow peeking through leafy green branches. Morgan McKenna Porter, 32, has spent her whole life in ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On a warm morning in Polk County, heavy equipment hummed through rows of citrus as a mobile carbonizer known as a “Tigercat” converted trees and grove debris into biochar — a ...

Yes, you can grow citrus in Colorado. 🌿🍊Think lemons, limes, and oranges don’t belong indoors along the Front Range? Think again. With bright light, warmth, regular feeding, and well-drained soil, ...

Grapefruit trees at Lone Star Citrus Growers groves in Mission on Dec. 16. A pair of natural disasters including Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and a lack of water has put the million-dollar citrus industry ...