Insights and Stories on Florida

Hurricane Milton caused $1.5-$2.5 billion in losses to Florida agriculture

Oct. 17, 2024 at 2:56 pm CDT

Hurricane Milton caused an estimated $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion (C$2.1 billion to $3.4 billion) in damage to Florida's crops and agricultural infrastructure, according to a preliminary assessment released by the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Thursday.

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Aug. 31, 2023 at 2:48 am CDT

By Marcelo Teixeira

Florida farmers scramble to reach cattle after Hurricane Ian

Sep. 29, 2022 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Hurricane Ian to worsen bleak outlook for U.S. orange juice industry

Sep. 29, 2022 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Marcelo Teixeira

Mosaic to cut fertilizer production as weather dampens demand

Dec. 19, 2019 at 6:55 pm CST

By Reuters

Florida finds atypical BSE case

Aug. 30, 2018 at 2:11 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A six-year-old beef cow in Florida tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The animal tested positive for atypical H-type BSE on Aug. 26 at the Colorado State University’s veterinary diagnostic laboratory, as part of routine surveillance of […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Irma whips orange trees, shuts meat plants

Sep. 11, 2017 at 7:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Hurricane Irma stripped oranges from trees and prompted Tyson Foods to shut meat plants in Florida and Georgia on Monday to keep workers safe. Tyson, the biggest U.S. meat company, hopes to resume normal operations soon at chicken plants it shuttered in Cumming, Dawson and Vienna, […]

By Tom Polansek

From sugar mills to hog farms, U.S. agriculture braces for Irma

Sep. 7, 2017 at 11:46 am CDT

Chicago/New York | Reuters — Hurricane Irma sent farmers and food companies scrambling to protect processing facilities, farm fields and animal herds in the south and southeastern parts of the U.S. on Wednesday. Florida sugar and citrus processors rushed to secure rail cars and equipment that could be crushed, blocked […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Renita D. Young

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

Oct. 6, 2016 at 7:37 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, roiled commodities markets and forced companies from cane refiners to orange juice makers to shutter as it whipped its way toward the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. Southeastern companies were closing down operations ahead of a […]

By Chris Prentice

Sinkhole at Mosaic fertilizer site leaks radioactive water

Sep. 17, 2016 at 2:07 am CDT

Reuters — A sinkhole spanning 45 feet in diameter opened at a Mosaic Co. phosphate fertilizer facility in Florida, leaking 215 million gallons of “slightly radioactive water,” a company spokesman said Friday. Mosaic said the monitoring system at its New Wales facility at Mulberry, Florida, showed a decline in water […]

By Rod Nickel

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