Citrus greening

In the final days of the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way for use of the pesticide Aldicarb, a known neurotoxin. Florida citrus growers want to use it to fight citrus greening.

One of the foundations of American agriculture is under attack on several fronts. The victims - bees. WUSF visits one beekeeper in Polk County who has to…

Researchers at the University of Florida released a study this month in the journal Phytopathology, saying there's a way to more quickly and efficiently…

Florida’s Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Trump to scale back tariffs on imports from China.The comments were made before twenty Democratic…

Some Florida citrus growers are finally starting to see an increase of orange production. Those who managed to stick around as the greening disease…

When Adam Putnam announced his candidacy for Governor of the state of Florida last year, he stood on the steps of the stately old Polk County courthouse…

Florida’s citrus industry still contributes an estimated $8 billion a year to the state economy. That’s despite its longtime battle against greening - a…

A year after Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida’s citrus industry, growers are on pace to slightly surpass their production from two years ago.

Florida's citrus industry got some dire news Tuesday from an organization that advises the federal government on science and technical matters.

A Florida judge is ordering the state agricultural department to immediately pay residents their share from a class-action lawsuit filed after the state...

Thousands of Florida homeowners who had healthy citrus trees cut down by the state are finally going to get paid for their losses.Gov. Rick Scott on…

Florida's citrus growers haven't had it easy lately, after being buffeted by canker and citrus greening. Now, they have another nemesis to worry about -…