Florida Citrus Statistics 2023-2024
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2025
Published February 2025. Includes the historical orange production series (thousand boxes).
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For most of the 20th century, Florida produced over 70% of America's citrus. More than 832,000 acres of orange groves. An industry worth $9 billion. That morning glass of orange juice? It came from Florida.
Where this comes from
3 sources
6 claims
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2 Agencies and public records 1 Reporting 1 Reference
What the film says
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Florida produced 244 million boxes of oranges in the 1997–98 season.
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Florida produced 242 million boxes of oranges in 2003–04, the season before HLB was confirmed.
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Production fell to about 140 million boxes (2010–11).
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In January 2025 Alico, which owns about 53,371 acres, announced it was exiting citrus, saying growing citrus 'is no longer economically viable'; the company cites more than 125 years of history.
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Alico cited Hurricanes Irma (2017), Ian (2022) and Milton (2024) on trees already weakened by citrus greening.
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The Asian citrus psyllid was first detected in Florida in 1998.
Sources
Agencies and public records
Alico, Inc. Announces Strategic Transformation of Agriculture Operations to Unlock Value in Land Holdings
Alico, Inc., 2025
Press release dated January 6, 2025.
Reporting
A major Florida grower is exiting the citrus business
Saunders, Jim (News Service of Florida). WUSF, 2025
Reference
Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Featured Creatures)
University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department
Says the insect was detected in Florida in June 1998.
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