Small orange crop coming

Duckncover · ‎07-16-2021

The Florida Orange Growers Association announced this year's orange crop will be the smallest since 1944-45. Better stock up on your Vitamin

C capsules!

fthunt · ‎12-24-2010

Just heard it on the news........FL poster, on here have said groves selling out to big developers.for big bucks.

No trees = no oranges

I gifted box of Honeybells.........they received and half way thru the box.......mine won't ship until next week - if it even happens.

Duckncover · ‎07-16-2021

Hopefully, your Honeybells were already spoken for your order and will arrive soon! A fresh Honeybell sure sounds good right now during our cold, bleak weather.

hopi · ‎03-09-2010

Here in Chicago there have been beautiful oranges for the last month.

The taste was so sweet, beautiful color, great texture.

Last week the 8 lb bags sold for $3.97.

They were USA ,probably California.

Duckncover · ‎07-16-2021

We get oranges from the valley here in Texas; they are very good. I can't imagine orange growers selling out to developers..,they are literally selling their livelihood. Guess they made them an offer they couldn't refuse. That is bound to have at least some impact on the economy in Florida.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Duckncover wrote:
We get oranges from the valley here in Texas; they are very good. I can't imagine orange growers selling out to developers..,they are literally selling their livelihood. Guess they made them an offer they couldn't refuse. That is bound to have at least some impact on the economy in Florida.

@Duckncover Did you ever farm for a living? You might as well gamble for a living--at least you'd know the odds. Farming of any kind is an enormous and risky investment.

You could live well for generations off the sale proably, or go broke in two years farming. Choice?

phoenixbrd · ‎03-27-2010

@Sooner Unfortunately true, and this has been the trend.

bells4me · ‎03-13-2010

They come up and sell Mesa oranges right off the tree every year. Got my bag Saturday & have sores from eating so many. They sell off the truck for about a month. I see orange juice prices going sky high if this is true.