OCTOBER 17, 2005

ISSUE 1085

 

FLORIDA CITRUS CROP REBOUNDS

 

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's crop estimate released Wednesday (October 12), Florida will produce 190 million boxes of oranges, 24 million boxesof grapefruit and 8.3 million boxes of specialty fruit this year. The figures are all increases from last year, but still well below the pre-hurricane levels of 2004. Grapefruit production will increase 88 percent.