{"id":4375,"date":"2021-12-09T12:52:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\/?post_type=fdoc-news-item&amp;p=1710"},"modified":"2021-12-09T12:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:52:29","slug":"usda-changes-florida-citrus-production-projections-in-december-forecast","status":"publish","type":"fdoc-news-item","link":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fdoc-news-item\/usda-changes-florida-citrus-production-projections-in-december-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Changes Florida Citrus Production Projections in December Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BARTOW <\/strong>\u2013 The USDA projected production of Florida Oranges at 46 million boxes and Florida Grapefruit at 4.1 million boxes for the 2021-22 citrus season in its December forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released Thursday, the forecast is a decrease from the initial October Forecast for Florida Orange production. However, production projections for Florida Grapefruit increased while specialty fruit remained the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s forecast underscores why support from leadership and policymakers is so important. This is an industry that continues to fight and remains a vital component of the state\u2019s economy,\u201d said Shannon Shepp, Executive Director of the Florida Department of Citrus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful Gov. DeSantis recognizes this and has included support for the Florida Citrus industry in his budget proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Florida Department of Citrus&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Florida Department of Citrus is an executive agency of the Florida government charged with the marketing, research, and regulation of the Florida citrus industry.&nbsp;Its activities are funded by a tax paid by growers on each box of citrus that moves through commercial channels.&nbsp;The industry employs more than 33,000 people, provides an annual economic impact of&nbsp;$6.762 billion&nbsp;to the state, and contributes hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues that help support&nbsp;Florida\u2019s&nbsp;schools, roads, and health care services. For more information about the Florida Department of Citrus, visit&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>FloridaCitrus.org\/newsroom<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/newsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARTOW \u2013 The USDA projected production of Florida Oranges at 46 million boxes and Florida Grapefruit at 4.1 million boxes for the 2021-22 citrus season in its December forecast. Released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":189,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[80],"fdoc_citrus_type":[],"fdoc_health_category":[],"class_list":["post-4375","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\/4375","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=4375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fdoc_news_item_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_news_item_category?post=4375"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=4375"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=4375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}