By: U.S. News
Florida's agriculture commissioner says the path of Hurricane Irma "could not have been more lethal" to farmers.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Florida's recovery from Hurricane Irma (all times local):
2:15 p.m.
Florida's agriculture commissioner says the path of Hurricane Irma "could not have been more lethal" to farmers.
Commissioner Adam Putnam, along with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, flew over hundreds of miles of Florida farmland Monday to view the damage.
Putnam said the citrus crop in southwest Florida is particularly devastating. The scope of the damage is more evident this week because the dropped fruit is starting to turn from green to orange, leaving piles of ruined juice oranges in the groves.
Florida is the nation's largest juice producer…