After decades of finger-pointing, broken promises and looking the other way, the Southwest Florida Water Management District ...

What You Need To Know Florida citrus growers could receive $200 million in state funding to support recovery efforts, including tree replanting and grove rehabilitation About $190 million would be ...

Now, hope is budding on an unlikely branch: a 30-year-old tree named Donaldson, growing on a research farm near Groveland.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed off on a bill to create a stewardship district for two new villages planned in eastern ...

A well-known developer in Southwest Florida wants to turn a long-time citrus grove into housing. The project would include affordable housing, for sale, which is unusual in Southwest Florida.

Lee County Citrus greening threatens Florida’s $200M plan to save orange groves Reporter: Bridget Bruchalski, Copy Writer: Elyssa Morataya Apr 1, 2025 Updated Apr 24, 2025 Loaded 0% - ...

And in 2023, more people moved to Polk County than any other county in the country. Population growth, hurricanes and a vicious citrus greening disease have left the Florida orange industry reeling.

Citrus is synonymous with Florida,” Matt Joyner, CEO of trade association Florida Citrus Mutual, told Florida lawmakers recently. A cluster of oranges grow in a grove Feb. 18 in Sebring.

Citrus is synonymous with Florida,” Matt Joyner, CEO of trade association Florida Citrus Mutual told Florida lawmakers recently. Nevertheless, Alico Inc., one of Florida’s biggest growers, announced ...