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 ...

A genetically engineered tree holds promise to possibly save Florida's citrus industry from an insect that causes "greening disease." The Asian citrus psyllid has devastated the industry. Some Florida ...

GROVELAND, Fla. — 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 ...

GROVELAND, Fla. — There may finally be some hope for Florida’s citrus industry. United States Department of Agriculture scientists have discovered a tree that may be resistant to citrus greening. The ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — 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 tree ...

FORT MEADE, Fla. — Screen structures stretch for as far as the eye can see across a swath of land in Polk County. It's the newest and largest site where 'Citrus Under Protective Screen' or 'C.U.P.S.' ...

A new genetically engineered tree holds promise to possibly save Florida's citrus trees from greening disease, a bacterial infection that has devastated the state's citrus industry.

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 ...