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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) imposed an anti-dumping order in 2006 against Brazilian orange juice processors following Florida Citrus Mutual’s successful petition and prosecution of that claim....More

Florida agricultural interests could soon learn if their state can wrest control of nutrient loading standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As things now stand, EPA’s rule on the standards would go into effect in March 2012....More

Doug Bournique, executive vice president of the Indian River Citrus League, calls Indian River grapefruit “the Rolls Royce of fruit.” That description could be more apt than ever now that supply is limited due to mostly involuntary acreage reduction....More

Jay Scott, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences scientist who developed Tasti-Lee, and more than 30 other tomato varieties and breeding lines in his career, says he’s confident consumers will find this tomato with deep-red flesh and sweet balanced flavor irresistible....More

Like many veteran Florida citrus growers, Ellis Hunt, Jr., vividly recalls picking oranges in his younger days. That job, of all those in his family’s groves, wore him out....More

As Jason DeVane drives a pickup truck through his family’s citrus groves near Fort Meade, Fla., he keeps an eye peeled for troubled trees....More

Florida MarketMaker is a FREE resource and service of the Florida Cooperative Extension and is sponsored by a multitude of organizations that facilitate more effective marketing campaigns for enterprises from farm-to-fork, and everywhere in between....More

The story of the EPA’s involvement in cleaning up and maintaining Florida’s waters is a tangled mess. And that mess may be coming to your state next....More