ISSUE 1093
Florida's orange crop forecast is now pegged at 162 million boxes, according to the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service’s (FASS) newly revised orange and grapefruit crop forecasts issued Friday (December 9). The amount is lower than the pre-Hurricane Wilma forecast but higher than last year’s numbers. The same holds true for grapefruit where production is forecast at 16.0 million boxes. Early,
midseason, and navel varieties of oranges are forecast at 80.0 million boxes and
the Valencia orange forecast is reduced to 82.0 million boxes. ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP (Members-Only articles are indicated in bold.) FFVA PUSHES FOR HURRICANE RELIEF FUNDS GOV. BUSH APPOINTS SUE M. COBB AS SECRETARY OF STATE CITRUS INDUSTRY RAISES FUNDS FOR FARMWORKERS AFFECTED BY HURRICANES DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY BUTLER RESIGNS JOHANNS WELCOMES ANDREW AND CHRISTOPHERSON TO USDA USDA LAUNCHES REDISIGNED AG STATISTICS WEBSITE AG IN THE CLASSROOM VOLUNTEER GRANTS AVAILABLE PRODUCE COMPANY SEEKS SALES, TRANSPORTATION EXPERT | |
