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Row crops and animal operations were the agricultural industries hardest hit by Hurricane Helene, which made landfall on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 hurricane, according to a preliminary report published on Tuesday by researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

For peanut farmers, harvest season has always been hurricane season. But more intense storms and rising costs are making it harder for producers to recover. Helene is the third hurricane to hit the area in 13 months.

Research using oak leaves on citrus trees to combat citrus greening has been fruitful so far. Some growers say it’s been a lifesaver, but others say it’s not enough.

Both the number of farms and total acreage of farms in the US and Florida decreased between the previous census in 2017 and 2022. But Alachua County’s numbers increased.

The trees that drew Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Cross Creek—citrus—now imperiled at her former home. In 1928, writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and her…

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