Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Florida orange production has fallen by some 90% in the past two decades in large part due to citrus ...

Researchers have been working for eight years on a genetically modified tree that can kill the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening. The process involves inserting a gene into a citrus ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...

A bug-free tree A whole ecosystem of businesses dependent on Florida citrus is at risk if the crops fail, including 33,000 full-time and part-time jobs and an economic impact of $6.8 billion in ...

Trevor Murphy, inspects an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre ...

Hit in recent years by hurricanes and citrus greening disease, which slowly kills the trees, many growers are making the difficult decision to sell orange groves that have been in their families ...

LAKE WALES — As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad’s 20-acre grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes encroaching on ...