Florida citrus crop recovers
United States
Saturday 15 October 2005
Florida will produce 27 percent more oranges this year, after 2004's crop was hit by hurricane damage.
According to the USDA's estimate Florida will produce 190 million boxes of oranges, 24 million boxes of grapefruit and 8.3 million boxes of specialty fruit.
The figures are all increases from last year, but still well below the pre-hurricane levels of 2004. Grapefruit production will increase 88 percent.