{"id":4291,"date":"2020-01-10T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&amp;p=990"},"modified":"2020-01-10T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:14:20","slug":"florida-grapefruit-production-up-oranges-hold-steady","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fdoc-news-item\/florida-grapefruit-production-up-oranges-hold-steady\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Grapefruit production up, oranges hold steady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BARTOW, Fla.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 In the first forecast of the new year, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected a 10 percent increase for Florida Grapefruit as Florida Orange production held steady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an announcement Friday,\nthe USDA predicted Florida Orange production to remain at 74 million boxes and\nFlorida Grapefruit production to climb to 5.4 million boxes for the 2019-20\nseason. The numbers are a 3 percent increase for oranges and a 20 percent\nincrease for grapefruit over 2018-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe increase in Florida\nGrapefruit production, along with a steady number for Florida Oranges, reflects\nan industry committed to growth,\u201d said Shannon Shepp, executive director of the\nFlorida Department of Citrus. \u201cDespite numerous obstacles, growers continue to\nwork diligently to ensure Florida Citrus is available for all to enjoy.\u201d<\/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\/\"><em>FloridaCitrus.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARTOW, Fla.\u00a0\u2013 In the first forecast of the new year, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected a 10 percent increase for Florida Grapefruit as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":189,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[80],"fdoc_citrus_type":[],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-4291","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fdoc_news_item_category-fdoc"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fdoc-news-item"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fdoc_news_item_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_news_item_category?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}