florida citrus

Representatives Scott Franklin (R-FL) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) have reintroduced their bipartisan legislation, the Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act, which aims to update regulations and support Florida citrus growers by creating friendlier standards.  The entire Florida delegation has co-sponsored the bill. According to the lawmakers, the rationale for changing the not-from-concentrate pasteurized orange […]

Alico, Inc., a major Fort Myers-based citrus grower, took about a $23 million hit from Hurricane Ian and will see lower revenue in 2023 because of the storm, the company said Tuesday in an earnings report. John Kiernan, president and chief executive officer, said the Category 4 hurricane, which made landfall Sept. 28 in Southwest […]

The state of Florida continues to recover from the destruction left after Hurricane Ian made landfall several months ago.  In a bipartisan move, Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL-15) and Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL-9) have teamed up to request disaster relief funds from the House Appropriations Committee to help the citrus industry, which took a big hit after […]

Fort Lauderdale—As cold, gloomy weather rolled into South Florida on Friday ahead of a cold front that will all but put the state into a freeze, so did Gov. Ron DeSantis, who reaffirmed his office’s position of helping farmers who will undoubtedly lose crops. Gov. DeSantis said that the state has allocated resources to help […]