{"id":4295,"date":"2020-02-11T12:15:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&amp;p=1011"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:15:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:15:58","slug":"florida-grapefruit-production-up-again-in-february-forecast","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/fdoc-news-item\/florida-grapefruit-production-up-again-in-february-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Grapefruit production up again in February forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BARTOW, Fla.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected an increase for Florida Grapefruit as Florida Orange production decreased slightly, in an announcement Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USDA predicted Florida Orange production at 72 million boxes, a two million box decrease over January&#8217;s forecast. Florida Grapefruit production climbed from 5.4 to 5.9 million boxes for the 2019-20 season. The numbers remain an increase for Florida Citrus over 2018-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Entering the Valencia harvest period with relatively stable numbers remains a positive sign for Florida\u2019s iconic citrus industry,&#8221; said Shannon Shepp, executive director of the Florida Department of Citrus. &#8220;Grapefruit production rebound is significant and presents an optimistic vision for Florida Grapefruit in the near future.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe Florida Department of Citrus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The\nFlorida Department of Citrus is an executive agency of Florida government\ncharged with the marketing, research and regulation of the Florida citrus\nindustry.&nbsp; Its activities are funded by a tax paid by growers on each box\nof citrus that moves through commercial channels.&nbsp; The industry\nemploys&nbsp;50,000 people, provides an annual economic impact of&nbsp;$7.2\nbillion to the state, and contributes hundreds of millions of dollars in tax\nrevenues that help support Florida\u2019s schools, roads and health care services.\nFor more information about the Florida Department of Citrus, please visit&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/\"><em>FloridaCitrus.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARTOW, Fla.&nbsp;\u2013 The National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected an increase for Florida Grapefruit as Florida Orange production decreased slightly, in an announcement Tuesday. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":611,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[100],"fdoc_citrus_type":[],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-4295","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fdoc_news_item_category-industry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item\/4295","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=4295"}],"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=4295"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=4295"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=4295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}