Mark Hudson of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) released the December citrus crop forecast. He reported Florida non-Valencia oranges for December at 36 million boxes, a drop of 1 million from the November forecast. Valencia oranges came in at 33 million boxes, a drop of 4 million from the November forecast.
View the USDA/NASS December Forecast Maturity Test Results and Fruit Size form
The January USDA/NASS citrus crop forecast will be released at approximately 12:00 noon Eastern time on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. You can hear the “LIVE” forecast here on SoutheastAgNet.com
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