date:Oct 14, 2019
On Thursday, the USDA released its initial crop forecast for the 2019-20 citrus season. Citrus is an important item for the Florida produce industry and Florida as a state. In recent times, there has been a lot of concern about movement of the product and exports coming in, as well as effects still stemming from Hurricane Irma in 2017.
The closely-guarded forecast was delivered by Bill Curtis, USDA agricultural statistics administrator. Curtis noted that numbers are expected to be slightly down