Tamara Lush And Steve Karnowski, Author at Valley News

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., left, talks with Michael Sparks, the CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual, an industry group, and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in Lake Wales, Fla. The senators toured an orange grove in Lake Wales to assess the scope of damage to the state's iconic crop in the wake of Hurricane Irma. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)

Citrus, Other Crops Devastated by Irma

by Tamara Lush And Steve Karnowski Associated PressSeptember 17, 2017

Lake Wales, Fla. — Hurricane Irma dealt Florida’s iconic orange crop a devastating blow, destroying nearly all the fruit in some Southwest Florida groves and seriously damaging groves in Central Florida.U.S. Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio…

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Citrus, Other Crops Devastated by Irma

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