The Texas Department of Agriculture has extended an emergency quarantine on the movement of citrus stock from portions of Hidalgo County until 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, until further testing can be completed on citrus groves in close proximity to a tree infected with citrus greening disease that was discovered in a commercial grove in San Juan earlier this month....More

The discovery of citrus greening disease on an orange tree in a commercial grove in the Texas Rio Grande Valley last week may be unsettling to growers, but a comprehensive management plan, extensive surveys and preventive control measures over the last three years gives local growers reason for hope...More

The Federal Drug Administration’s move to ban imports of foreign orange juice products after the discovery of fungicide contamination in shipments from Brazil will have little immediate impact on the Rio Grande Valley citrus industry, but depending on the length of that ban and subsequent consumer reaction to potential food safety issues, growers and juice processors could see either a positive or negative response in the months ahead, according to experts...More

Pecans are known to be the healthiest of all tree nuts, packing more antioxidants than any other....More