Florida Heads for Smallest Orange Crop in Nearly a Century

Florida’s orange harvest is expected to fall to the lowest in nearly a century, as shrinking groves continue to offset improvements in yields.

The state is seen producing 12 million boxes of fruit in the 2025-26 season, down 2% from the prior year, the US Department of Agriculture said in its first forecast for the season. That output, the lowest since 1930, comes as Florida’s historical orange groves continued to be removed following years of disease and the impacts of Hurricane Miltonat the end of 2024.

Production of Florida’s state fruit has dropped sharply since the turn of the ...