The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has expanded quarantine areas in Florida due to the further detection of citrus black spot.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture is awarding four grants totaling more than $13.6 million to combat citrus greening disease.
Farmers worldwide are feeling the pinch as fuel costs rise to near four-year highs just as they plant and harvest their fields, eroding agricultural income already hamstrung by depressed crop prices.
