Posted May 10, 2013 at 03:59am by Scott Sawyer

Citrus Disease With No Cure Is Ravaging Florida Groves

Looks like the cost of citrus fruit is set to rise.

"Florida’s citrus industry is grappling with the most serious threat in its history: a bacterial disease with no cure that has infected all 32 of the state’s citrus-growing counties.

With the harvest not yet over, orange production has already decreased 10 percent from the initial estimate, a major swing."

Read the full article by Lizette Alvarez, "Citrus Disease With No Cure is Ravaging Florida Groves," in the New York Times.