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This 4-page fact sheet examines the impact of the presence of citrus greening on new tree plantings in the Florida citrus industry. Sweet oranges are by far the most important citrus variety grown in Florida, so the analysis is limited to sweet orange plantings. Because citrus greening impacts citrus producers through reduced yield, increased mortality, and increased cost of production, it is expected that the presence of citrus greening has had an adverse impact on the willingness of growers to invest in new trees. Written by Thomas H. Spreen and Jean-Paul Baldwin, and published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, January 2014.
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Florida Agricultural Statistics Service (FASS). Various years. Florida Citrus Statistics. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and National Agricultural Statistics Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Orlando, FL.
Hodges, A.W., and M. Rahmani. 2009. Economic impacts of the Florida citrus industry in 2007/08. Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) FE802, UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE802. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe802-2009
Muraro, R.P., and others. Various years. The Cost of Growing Citrus in Central Florida. Various Reports, 1989/90 to 2010/11, UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Spreen, T.H., and J-P. Baldwin. 2013. The impact of Huanglongbing (HLB) on citrus plantings in Florida. Proceedings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Conference, Orlando, FL (February).