When reaching for vibrant fresh oranges or chilled cartons of OJ in your local supermarket, it's quite likely that citrusy goodness originated in California or Florida. Those two states produce the ...

Oranges are synonymous with Florida. The zesty fruit can be spotted adorning everything from license plates to kitschy memorabilia. Ask any Floridian and they’ll tell you that the crop is a hallmark ...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — Drought conditions continue as portions of Central Florida are under a burn ban. There is a silver lining for orange growers as the drier conditions are helping some local farmers ...

Trevor Murphy, inspects an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. Murphy, whose family has been growing oranges for generations, is hoping for a cure to citrus ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (WFLA) — Sen. Ashley Moody (R – Florida) visited Lake Wales Tuesday, advocating for a bill she introduced to lower federal sugar standards for pasteurized orange juice. Polk County ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing an update to a decades-old orange juice rule that could give American citrus growers a boost — with little to no change in the taste of the ...

'We’ve dropped nearly 90% in production of oranges and all citrus,' said Matt Joyner, CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — “We are an industry in need of your help…” That was the urgent ...

As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes encroaching on the orange ...