I'll put that on my list of "Good things resulting from Global Warming" list.

But the other point of my argument stands: Selling the land to developers makes more economic sense than keeping it in Orange production.

The cost of growing Oranges is directly related to the cost of the land that they are grown on... If you were to pass anti-urban sprawl legislation (that would tear down the value of your land), then you would miraculously find that growing oranges was "more profitable" (Because it would be the only profitable activity that you could use the land for). Unfortunatly, the farm subsidies are also related to the price of the land...Which is in turn artificially inflated by the subsidies themselves.

I wasn't aware that the freeze situation had improved since the last time I visited Florida (Probably 10+ years ago).

No I don't farm oranges. But I do know a little something about the commodities industry and farming in general.

Scott Evil