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Historic Bacteria Damages Orange Groves

May 13th, 2013 by flanews

Florida orange groves are dealing with the most serious bacteria disease in state history.

Citrus Greening is a disease first spotted seven years ago has affected every nearly 10-percent of the orange production in the state.

 

According to Erin Gillepsie with the Department of Agriculture – the disease causes the orange to drop early, essentially making is useless…which will eventually drive the price up on orange juice at the grocery store. ”The orange crops go up and down every year,” said Department of Agriculture, Erin Gillepsie. “Again, this is the lowest year we’ve had without a hurricane or of freeze. The crops go up and down the prices haven’t changed too much. If we continue to lose the orange crop, of course the price of orange juice will go up.”

The state has received funding to fight this bacteria disease.

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