International Business News - Citrus http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Border agents have stepped up searches and hundreds of traps have been placed on the California-Mexico line in an aggressive campaign to stop a tiny bug from bringing in a disease farmers say could wipe out the $1.3 billion citrus industry here. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93416-valley-citrus-panic.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/tiny-bug-threatens-california-citrus-industry.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/tiny-bug-threatens-california-citrus-industry.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:54:08 EDT Louisiana's agriculture commissioner said the bug that can carry a devastating citrus disease has been found in Lafourche Parish. It's the fifth parish where the Asian citrus psyllid has been found. So far, the disease it can carry, called citrus greening disease, has been found only in Orleans Parish. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/citrus-pest-found-in-5th-louisiana-parish.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:27:44 EDT Just as south Louisiana's citrus growers are starting to recover from Hurricane Katrina, they have a new threat: a fatal citrus disease that has infected thousands of trees in Florida and is now in the Bayou State. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/louisiana-citrus-growers-face-new-threat-to-trees.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:19:33 EDT Just as south Louisiana's citrus growers are starting to recover from Hurricane Katrina, they have a new threat: A fatal citrus disease that has infected thousands of trees in Florida and is now in the Bayou State. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/louisiana-citrus-growers-face-new-threat-to-trees.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:16:50 EDT The federal government is holding the line on its prediction for a bigger Florida orange crop this season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its updated forecast Friday for the 2007-08 season. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/feds-fla-orange-crop-forecast-for-season-unchanged-in-may.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 10:21:55 EDT Florida owes more than $11.5 million to thousands of Broward County homeowners whose citrus trees were chopped down during a failed effort to control a harmful disease, a jury ruled. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44536-ciitrus-trees.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/more-than-awarded-florida-residents-citrus-case.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/more-than-awarded-florida-residents-citrus-case.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 03:56:22 EDT The federal government has upgraded slightly its forecast for Florida's orange harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture now expects the state to produce 168.5 million boxes of oranges, each of w... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080409/fla-orange-forecast-up-slightly.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:57:18 EDT A jury, not the state, will decide how much Broward County residents should be compensated for their citrus trees that were cut down during a failed effort to eradicate a harmful bacteria, a judge ruled Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080222/judge-jury-to-decide-tree-compensation.htm Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:29:14 EST Florida's orange harvest will be slightly lower than previously forecast, federal agriculture officials said Friday, but the prediction didn't stop a prominent citrus official from characterizing it as "good news" for growers and juice lovers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080208/florida-orange-forecast-down-a-bit.htm Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:07:52 EST For decades, a common fungus found on citrus in California was so insignificant that farmers say they nearly forgot about it. So they were taken by surprise earlier this month when Florida began quarantining truckloads of oranges, a move that has threatened to cut off one of California's most lucrative domestic markets for oranges, lemons and grapefruits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071220/fla-calif-in-dispute-over-citrus.htm Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:41:53 EST An emergency rule designed to guard Florida's citrus crop against a fungus that might be on California fruit shipped into the state withstood an initial court challenge Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071219/florida-wins-citrus-case-for-now.htm Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:09:29 EST