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Fruit in crisis: Florida's orange groves buffeted by hurricane, disease / 33CA8FZ
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Vernon Hollingsworth grew up in Florida among his family's orange trees, recently ravaged by a double whammy of disease and a hurricane that have sent juice prices spiraling and left farmers blinking in disbelief. "I lost 95 to 97 percent of my crop," the 62-year-old fifth-generation farmer says, adding "we're going to have to rebuild, especially here and we need help to do that."
But the hurricane is only the latest blow. In Florida, the world's second largest producer of orange juice after Brazil, groves have been suffering from a citrus tree disease called Huanglongbing (HLB) for the last 17 years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES