Senate president, a grower, wants to help Florida's ailing citrus industry
The industry is seeking $125 million for new tree plantings to replace those ravaged by greening. Ben Albritton says that ...
Florida Senate looks for money to boost struggling citrus industry
As House and Senate negotiators iron out their differences in the coming weeks on a new state budget, one of the issues will ...
Florida Senate seeking to boost citrus industry in new budget
The Senate proposal would far exceed the $47 million in citrus-related money included in the budget for the current fiscal ...
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Citrus greening threatens Florida’s $200M plan to save orange groves
Florida plans to invest $200 million to save and revive its citrus industry, which has a long history of producing oranges ...
Hit by storms and disease, Florida’s citrus growers try to survive until bug-free trees arrive
Hit in recent years by hurricanes and citrus greening disease, many Florida citrus growers are making the difficult decision ...
‘Citrus not going down on my watch’: Florida Senate President pushing to revitalize struggling citrus industry
As the Florida House and Senate prepare to negotiate a new state budget, among the big issues they will face is a push by ...
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Disease, hurricanes and development are squeezing Florida’s orange groves
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 the orange trees from ...
Florida Senate wants to appropriate $200M to help struggling citrus industry
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton wants to spend $200 million to help the state's ailing citrus industry as it faces the issues of population growth, hurricanes ...