The Real Cost of HLB in Florida
I estimated the cultural cost per acre of managing HLB in orange citrus groves in Florida to be $663, which represents a 67% increase compared to pre-HLB levels. However, and perhaps more importantly, the real cultural cost of production per box increased by 283% during the same period due to the si...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
2019-07-01
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| Series: | EDIS |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/114459 |
| Summary: | I estimated the cultural cost per acre of managing HLB in orange citrus groves in Florida to be $663, which represents a 67% increase compared to pre-HLB levels. However, and perhaps more importantly, the real cultural cost of production per box increased by 283% during the same period due to the simultaneous increase in cost per acre and decrease in yield. As a consequence of the multiple challenges growers are currently facing (chiefly, those imposed by HLB), the number of growers decreased from 7,389 in 2002 to 2,775 in 2017. |
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| ISSN: | 2576-0009 |