Hurricane Ian is forecast to be the first named storm to make U.S. landfall this season. Meteorologists believe that Ian could be a Category-3 hurricane by the time it reaches Florida’s Gulf coast. Besides rain and sustained high winds, Ian could bring a storm [...]
This month, USDA lowered its 2020/21 early-midseason orange production forecast to 20.0 million 90-lb boxes for Florida, down 2.0 million boxes from the December estimate and down 3.0 million boxes from the November estimate. Florida’s Valencia orange production estimate remains at 34.0 million boxes, [...]
USDA today lowered projected Florida orange production by 2.0 million 90-lb boxes: Early-midseason oranges were lowered by 1.0 million boxes to 31.0 million, and Valencias were lowered by 1.0 million boxes to 41.0 million. This season’s oranges are experiencing higher drop rates than last [...]
Today USDA published results of the first maturity tests for Florida’s 2019/20 early and midseason oranges and for grapefruit. Results were based on samples taken Aug. 26-27 and processed in USDA labs on Aug. 28-29. For early and midseason oranges tested, the average 2019/20 [...]
California-based TerViva has patented high-yielding pongamia trees that can yield up to ten times more oil and three times more protein per acre compared to soybeans (according to the TerViva research). Also, these trees require little to moderate amounts of water, fertilizer, pesticides, and [...]
With Florida’s 2018/19 orange harvest nearly complete, USDA lowered Valencia production by 1.0 million 90-lb boxes from the May estimate. All other orange production numbers—Florida early/mids, California, and Texas—were left unchanged. Florida’s orange production has closed the season down about 10 percent from USDA’s [...]
The harvest count for Florida Valencia oranges for the week ending May 26 was just over 2.5 million boxes, down almost 20 percent from the previous week as harvest of the 2018/19 crop winds down. The cumulative total of USDA’s reported weekly box count [...]
USDA held Florida orange production at 77.0 million 90-lb boxes in today’s production report: 32.0 million boxes of early-midseason oranges and 45.0 million boxes of Valencias. A couple forecast components shifted a bit but not enough to change box count. The drop rate for [...]
