Trevor Murphy, inspects an orange tree in one of his groves, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla. Murphy, whose family has been growing oranges for generations, is hoping for a cure to citrus ...

hoping to survive until a bug-free tree or other options arrive to repel the disease or treat the trees. Those catastrophes contributed to a 90% decline in orange production over the past two decades.

Florida’s citrus growers are struggling to survive the one-two punch of hurricanes and disease. As production of the state’s signature crop has declined in recent years, many citrus farmers have sold ...

(AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) Individual protective covers shield young orange trees from the Asian citrus psyllid, which cause citrus greening disease, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sebring, Fla.

As Trevor Murphy pulls up to his dad's 20-acre (8-hectare) grove in one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, he points to the cookie-cutter, one-story homes encroaching on the ...

Hit by Storms and Disease, Florida's Citrus Growers Try ... one-story homes encroaching on the orange trees from all sides. “At some point, this isn't going to be an orange grove anymore ...

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