LAKE WALES, Fla. — After years of hardships, Florida citrus growers could soon receive the relief they’ve been waiting for. A state Senate committee recently proposed $200 million for the ...

Now, hope is budding on an unlikely branch: a 30-year-old tree named Donaldson, growing on a research farm near Groveland.

Some residents in Fort Pierce are upset and irritated about tons of trash from Miami-Dade County that are being brought by trains into the city.

Citrus Red No. 2 is not allowed on the edible parts of oranges — like the pulp or flesh — and it’s banned for citrus grown in California and Arizona. It can cause cancer in rats and mice.

The Florida citrus industry has been severely impacted by hurricanes, freezes, and citrus greening, leading to a significant decline in production. Growers and researchers are working together to ...

Citrus groves once spread across metro Phoenix, supplying packing houses in the area with oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit and other varieties. Development paved over many of the original groves ...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Here in Florida, Citrus Greening Disease has devastated the state's iconic citrus industry for years. Over the last few decades, the bacterial disease has been getting ...

The orange is the iconic symbol of Florida. While the fruit may be on the state’s license plates, the citrus industry has been on the decline for more than a decade. Citrus greening and ...

A woman is facing a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child in the drowning death of her 5-year-old stepson.

But their efforts to introduce push-pull in Florida have been met with mixed feedback. Citrus fruits affected by citrus greening disease, like this lemon in a Florida grove, turn green.

Part of Southwest Florida was placed under quarantine in an effort to stop the spread of one of the most damaging snails in the world.