{"id":4281,"date":"2019-04-09T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&p=727"},"modified":"2019-04-09T12:41:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:41:03","slug":"slight-change-in-florida-orange-and-grapefruit-crops","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/fdoc-news-item\/slight-change-in-florida-orange-and-grapefruit-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Slight change in Florida Orange and Grapefruit crops"},"content":{"rendered":"

BARTOW,\nFla<\/strong>. \u2013 Florida Orange and Grapefruit production both decreased by 500,000 boxes\nin the April U.S. Department of Agriculture crop forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released\nTuesday, the report projects Florida Orange production for the 2018-19 season\nat 76.5 million boxes after a slight decline in Non-Valencia orange production.\n Florida Grapefruit production is now estimated\nat 4.9 million boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We\u2019re an industry catching glimpses of recovery, but this estimate certainly points out that we are not there yet,” said Shannon Shepp, executive director of the Florida Department of Citrus. \u201cIt’s still a great year, but we are anxious for better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The numbers remain an increase from the previous season, devastated by Hurricane Irma, when production dropped to 45.05 million boxes of Florida Oranges and 3.88 million boxes of Florida Grapefruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About\nthe Florida Department of Citrus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nFlorida Department of Citrus is an executive agency of Florida government\ncharged with the marketing, research and regulation of the Florida citrus\nindustry.  Its activities are funded by a tax paid by growers on each box\nof citrus that moves through commercial channels.  The industry employs 45,000\npeople, provides an annual economic impact of $8.6 billion to the state,\nand contributes hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues that help\nsupport Florida\u2019s schools, roads and health care services. For more information\nabout the Florida Department of Citrus, please visit <\/em>FloridaCitrus.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BARTOW, Fla. \u2013 Florida Orange and Grapefruit production both decreased by 500,000 boxes in the April U.S. Department of Agriculture crop forecast. Released Tuesday, the report projects Florida Orange production for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":195,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[],"fdoc_citrus_type":[],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-4281","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t