US: USDA estimates Florida orange production will drop 32% in 2022-2023
Fresh Orange
United States
Published Oct 17, 2022
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According to estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), production of all varieties of Florida oranges is expected to drop 32% this season. The total estimate is 28.0 million boxes. This will be the fewest cases produced since World War II, and after Hurricane Ian hit Southwest Florida and citrus-growing areas, according to MarketWatch.
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As a result of Ian, residents of the affected areas saw a lot of fruit on the ground or floating in the flood waters. Last Wednesday, US Senator Marco Rubio, participated in Florida Citrus Mutual's annual citrus crop estimate, where he announced that nearly $3 million of disaster funds will go to the USDA. "We will make sure, just like we did after Irma, that any spending bill has enough support for the people of Florida's farming and rural communities, many of whom have lost everything," Rubio said in a statement. . For her part, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said the forecast also includes a decline in grapefruit and specialty crop production in the state. "As we move forward from this catastrophe ... my department remains committed to innovation in the face of continued challenges from weather events ...
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