Irma sends Florida orange production dropping 21% to 71-year low

[Millet]

Irma sends Florida orange production dropping 21% to 71-year low. Florida’s orange production will plunge 21 percent to a 71-year low after damage wrought by Hurricane Irma devastated the harvest. Orange growers in Florida, will harvest 54 million boxes in the 2017-18 marketing year, the least since 1947.

[A.T. Hagan]

It's becoming an open question as to whether commercial citrus in Florida can hold out long enough for the various research projects to combat greening can pay off before it simply stops being commerically viable here.

I will say one thing though, it has certainly spurred research interest in finding alternative crops ranging from low-chill peaches to olives.