One of the largest citrus farmers in Florida plans to build a 3,000 acre community in southwest Florida, a few months after the end of this year’s season announced that it would leave Citras growing activities.
Fort Myers, FL. – One of the largest Citrus Gorowers in Florida is planned to build a 3,000 acre (1,200 hectares) community in southwestern Florida, months after the announcement of the Citras-Burdwan activities at the end of this year’s season.
Alico, Inc. It is reported that it has applied for a development for the first of the two villages near the intersection of Callier, Lee and Hendry County. Each village will have about 4,500 houses and the protected conservation land will be integrated with 6,000 acres (2,400 hectares), the company said.
The Fort Myers-based agency owns 53,371 acres (21,600 hecta) across the eight counties in Florida and 48,700 acres (19,700 hectares) in the state. The announcement of the decision to end the citrus operation last January said the company said that its production was reduced by about three-fourths in a decade.
Alico’s distress is part of the greater struggle in the face of the Florida citrus industry.
Hurricanes and a wicked citrus grinning disease has contributed to the decline of 90% in the state orange production for the past two decades. Meanwhile, as a large number of people moved to Florida, developers are building growing houses where the orange groove once stands.
In the beginning of the century, more than 12.5 acres (3377,7 hectares) in Florida Coverated Citras Groves was rarely populated by 2 27.5 acres (5,7 hectares), and California Florida was the top citrus producer of the country.
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