Check out the nursery, online websites, and garden books for new plant varieties that use less water. In a drought year, ...

Thick, humid air envelopes Myriam Claude's banana tree, which bears a beautiful cluster of fruit, not yet ripe. Beside it are ...

"At some point, this isn't going to be an orange grove anymore," Murphy, a third-generation grower, says as he gazes at the ...

Florida’s citrus growers are struggling to survive the one-two punch of hurricanes and disease. As production of the state’s ...

Florida orange production has fallen by some 90% in the past two decades in large part due to citrus greening, but growers ...

A statewide citrus quarantine was issued recently for Mississippi after one of the most serious citrus plant diseases in the ...

Most of the remaining large citrus operations are in Yuma, but even there, the business is struggling to keep up with challenges. YUMA — When Mark Kuechel was a boy, he nearly got lost in the maze of ...

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Ever wondered how these tiny citrus gems make it to your table Farmers carefully cultivate kumquat trees using expert techniques to ensure the best flavor and quality When harvest time arrives each fr ...