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Pummeled by hurricanes and pests, Florida citrus growers wait for miracle tree

(14 Mar 2025) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4561558 RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Frostproof, Florida – 19 February 2025 1. Drone of orange grove with trees covered for protection ASSOCIATED PRESS Sebring, Florida – 18 February 2025 2. Face of citrus grower Trevor Murphy seen in rear view mirror of car 3. Murphy driving car 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower: ++SOUND COVERED BY SHOTS 2-3++ "I'm a third-generation citrus grower. My grandfather started in the 50s. My father and my uncles are still involved in it." 5. Citrus grove seen from moving car 6. Close orange fruit on tree 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower: ++SOUND COVERED BY SHOTS 5-6++ "Just in my time, we went from roughly 150 million boxes in the state of Florida to this year, we might be lucky to pick 10 million boxes" 8. Murphy showing citrus bud ASSOCIATED PRESS Lake Wales, Florida – 18 February 2025 9. Drone of citrus groves and new development 10. Drone of citrus groves and new development ASSOCIATED PRESS Sebring, Florida – 18 February 2025 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower: ++SOUND COVERED BY SHOTS 8-12++ "And it seems like every new time I drive through, there's another grove that's been abandoned. So it's definitely something that has happened quick.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Lake Wales, Florida – 18 February 2025 12. Citrus grove near road with for sale sign ASSOCIATED PRESS Sebring, Florida – 18 February 2025 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Murphy, citrus grower: ++SOUND STARTS N SHOT 12 AND ENDS IN SHOT 16++ "So since 2017, we've had Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Milton come through the citrus belt. And then on top of that, we also had some freezes, the first time that we've had in probably 10 plus years. The trees are already in a weakened state because of the greening.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Frostproof, Florida – 19 February 2025 14. Drone of orange grove ASSOCIATED PRESS Lake Wales, Florida – 18 February 2025 15. Close up orange blossom 16. Oranges on ground ASSOCIATED PRESS Lake Alfred, Florida – 19 February 2025 17. University of Florida professor Lukasz Stelinski walking to UF/IFAS citrus growing facility 18. Stelinski examining potted orange trees with signs of psyllid insects that cause greening 19. Close of hand and psyllids 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Lukasz Stelinski, University of Florida professor of entomology and nematology: ++SOUND BEGINS IN SHOT 17 AND ENDS IN SHOT 22++ "Well citrus greening is a devastating bacterial disease that affects citrus and just a few of its relatives. Since the disease came to Florida, the industry has declined significantly. Since 2006 alone, it's been reduced by about 90%. So this has been absolutely devastating." ASSOCIATED PRESS Dundee, Florida – 19 February 2025 21. Road sign of Davidson of Dundee Citrus Candy and Jelly Factory 22. Close of citrus preserves jars manufacturing 23. Wide preserves manufacturing 24. Close jars put in boxes 25. Wide inside of citrus candy factory store with customer tasting preserves 26. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Davidson, president of Davidson of Dundee Citrus Candy and Jelly Factory: ++SOUND STARTS IN SHOT 23 AND ENDS IN SHOT 28++ "The size of the fruit has been affected. You know, obviously we had giant honeybells, navels, grapefruit -- I mean these were massive. Don't see that, you know, as much either. So we're really hoping that scientists can get this figured out, so we can get back to what we do. I mean, we were citrus farmers for forever, and we're hoping we can do that and keep it going." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...