YUMA — When Mark Kuechel was a boy, he nearly got lost in the maze of unnamed dirt roads and citrus groves in eastern Yuma County running his dad's tractor. He couldn’t see the horizon over 28,000 ...
Grapefruit trees at Lone Star Citrus Growers groves in Mission on Dec. 16. A pair of natural disasters including Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and a lack of water has put the million-dollar citrus industry ...
We have a satsuma tree that is full of fruit. My husband wants to pick them. He said that they are sweeter if you pick them when they are not completely ripe and let them ripen on the counter. I say ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to ...
A brief cold snap across Florida has residents worrying about pipes and plants, but citrus growers say the latest round of ...
Texas’ citrus crop is slightly behind schedule for the season and facing an uncertain future when it comes to water, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Juan Anciso, Ph.D., ...
Grapefruit trees at Lone Star Citrus Growers groves in Mission on Dec. 16. A pair of natural disasters — including Winter Storm Uri in 2021 — and a lack of water has put the million-dollar citrus ...
MISSION, Texas (Texas Tribune) — In January, Elle Holbrook will be crowned Queen Citrianna, the face of the Rio Grande Valley’s citrus industry for the next year. Her title and the competition created ...