BARTOW, Fla. <\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> This season\u2019s Florida Orange crop increased by 5 million boxes in the latest estimate released Tuesday by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Florida Orange crop is projected to produce\u00a076 million boxes this season, according to the report<\/a>, while the Florida Grapefruit crop held steady at 10.7 million boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday\u2019s news is encouraging. We must remember this is still an industry in crisis. Production costs are at an all-time high and there is less Florida Orange Juice to go around.\u00a0While the industry continues to combat citrus greening, we remain committed to educating consumers on the nutritional benefits of Florida Citrus,\u201d said Shannon Shepp, executive director of the Florida Department of Citrus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Florida produces more than half of the orange juice Americans drink and about 90 percent of Florida Oranges are grown to become juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Florida Department of Citrus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Florida Department of Citrus is an executive agency of Florida government charged with the marketing, research and regulation of the Florida citrus industry.\u00a0 Its activities are funded by a tax paid by growers on each box of citrus that moves through commercial channels.\u00a0 The industry employs nearly 62,000 people, provides an annual economic impact of nearly $10.7 billion to the state, and contributes hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues that help support Florida\u2019s schools, roads and health care services. For more information about the Florida Department of Citrus, please visit FloridaCitrus.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Florida Orange crop estimated at 76 million boxes BARTOW, Fla. \u2013 This season\u2019s Florida Orange crop increased by 5 million boxes in the latest estimate released Tuesday by the National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":57,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[105,80],"fdoc_citrus_type":[110,107],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-4235","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fdoc_news_item_category-crop-forecasts","fdoc_news_item_category-fdoc","fdoc_citrus_type-grapefruit","fdoc_citrus_type-orange"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item\/4235","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:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4235"}],"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=4235"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=4235"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=4235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}