{"id":385,"date":"2014-12-04T09:13:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&amp;p=385"},"modified":"2014-12-04T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:13:28","slug":"in-the-news-alico-buying-three-florida-citrus-producers","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/fdoc-news-item\/in-the-news-alico-buying-three-florida-citrus-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news: Alico buying three Florida Citrus producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several news articles report Alico Inc. is buying three Central Florida citrus producers, a move the business says makes it the biggest citrus producer in the\u00a0United States. Florida Department of Citrus Executive Director Doug Ackerman is quoted as saying \u201cThis is a clear statement that Florida citrus remains an attractive sector for growth. They\u2019re betting on Florida citrus, and so are we.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles appeared in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com\/article\/20141203\/NEWS\/141209792?Title=Alico-Acquires-Three-Florida-Citrus-Producers\">The Ledger<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/business\/agriculture\/alico-buying-three-florida-citrus-producers-for-363-million\/2208761\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/southeastagnet.com\/2014\/12\/03\/alico-inc-announces-three-strategic-acquisitions\/\">Southeast Ag Net<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several news articles report Alico Inc. is buying three Central Florida citrus producers, a move the business says makes it the biggest citrus producer in the\u00a0United States. Florida Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[80,100,101],"fdoc_citrus_type":[110,107,112,109],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-385","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","hentry","fdoc_news_item_category-fdoc","fdoc_news_item_category-industry","fdoc_news_item_category-orange-production","fdoc_citrus_type-grapefruit","fdoc_citrus_type-orange","fdoc_citrus_type-tangelo","fdoc_citrus_type-tangerine"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fdoc-news-item"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fdoc_news_item_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_news_item_category?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}