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In this The Epoch Times article, Jacob Burg reports on how Florida’s citrus industry has been devastated by citrus greening disease, spread by the tiny Asian citrus psyllid, and how growers are trying to keep family orchards alive after a reported 95% industry decline over the past 30 years. (The Epoch Times)
- Florida citrus farmers are facing a crisis that has reshaped one of the state’s signature industries, with production reportedly down dramatically from where it stood three decades ago.
- The article centers on growers such as Sidney Tillett, a lifelong citrus farmer from a multigenerational Florida farming family, who is still working groves despite years of disease pressure.
- The key culprit is citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing, a bacterial disease spread by the Asian citrus psyllid that weakens trees, damages fruit quality, and eventually makes groves economically unviable.
- Growers are experimenting with protective strategies, including mesh coverings around young trees to keep psyllids from infecting them early in life.
- University of Florida research has found that these individual protective covers can help young citrus trees grow better and may continue to benefit tree health and fruit quality even after the covers are removed.
- The story presents Florida growers as determined but under pressure, caught between high costs, disease losses, weather challenges, and the difficulty of rebuilding groves after years of decline.
- The broader concern is that citrus greening has not merely hurt individual farms but has fundamentally changed Florida’s agricultural landscape, threatening family farms and long-standing citrus communities.
- Despite the damage, orchardists are not giving up; they are using new protective methods, research-backed practices, and persistence to keep citrus production alive in the Sunshine State.
Read the full story:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-a-tiny-insect-decimated-floridas-citrus-and-what-orchardists-are-doing-about-it-6040449?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=TheLibertyDaily
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