The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its final orange forecast for the 2009/10 season, with the crop remaining stable at 133.6m boxes.
According to the report, early and mid-season oranges remained unchanged at 68.6m boxes, while Valencias remained stable at 65m boxes.
Final grapefruit estimations pegged the Florida crop at 20.3m boxes, a jump of 100,000 boxes on previous predictions.
For Florida specialty citrus, the USDA tangelo estimate stayed at 900,000 boxes, while tangerines remained flat at 4.5m boxes.
The USDA makes its initial Florida citrus forecast in October and then revises it monthly until the end of the season in July.
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