USDA is unleashing over a half billion dollars in further aid to Florida growers and businesses in the aftermath of ...

Much of the federal grants will go to help citrus growers recover from recent hurricanes and fight pests damaging fruit.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Monday that it will provide $675.9 million in disaster assistance to ...

Battered by hurricanes, disease and expenses, Florida citrus growers get a $675 million federal lifeline to help them through ...

This work presents a customized MobileNetV2 model for multi-class classification of citrus diseases with an accuracy of over 97%, therefore enabling early disease detection for agricultural products.

Hammered by hurricanes and citrus greening disease, Florida's citrus industry ended the 2024-2025 growing season with the lowest production in more than a century, according to numbers released ...

Jiffy Products launches Jiffy Gel, new substrate for controlled environment agriculture growers Jiffy Gel is a biodegradable, pathogen-free, automation friendly substrate.

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer will try once again to secure $16 million in federal funding to help development of a USDA research center at Nebraska Innovation Campus.

Florida’s orange production rose 1% in July, marking five months without a decline, encouraging news for the state's citrus industry.

20 years of citrus greening has beaten Florida industry to a pulp. Few resilient growers remain Citrus greening was discovered August 2005 in South Florida. Since then, orange production decreased ...

Drastic Cuts to SNAP and USDA Support Will Deepen Food Insecurity in Santa Barbara County Foodbank of Santa Barbara County braces for a surge in need as a local safety net is stretched thin.

Starting at the end of this month, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail the Grape Inquiry – August 2025 survey to approximately 2,000 U.S. growers. The survey asks for ...