2024/25 orange harvest in the citrus belt suffers a 7% drop
Production is re-estimated to 215,78 million boxes due to drought and high temperatures; accelerated harvest and fourth flowering may influence upcoming results
Insecticides based on the active ingredients bifenthrin and imidacloprid are no longer effective in controlling the insect that transmits greening in some locations and should be temporarily avoided if control failures are observed after their use.
From April 2022 to April 2023, in the 34 thousand hectares of citrus planted in the State, the Secretariat carried out field actions in 1.800 hectares of 213 rural properties in different regions, to monitor the HLB, around 5% of the citrus area in RS
Harvest Estimation Research team has started training agents who will visit the orchards in the citrus belt of São Paulo and Triângulo/Southwest Minas Gerais to gather information