US orange production hit by disease, juice prices soar

AFP ^ | April 17, 2014 | Juliette Michel

[C19fan]

A citrus disease spread by a tiny insect has devastated Florida's orange crop, which is expected to be the worst in nearly 30 years, and sent juice prices soaring on New York markets.

The culprit? The gnat-sized Asian citrus psyllid, which is infecting citrus trees across the Sunshine State with huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease, which causes fruit to taste bitter and fall from trees too soon.

[C19fan]

I heard about this on the radio awhile back.

[Moleman]

Where’s Beeks?

[lonevoice]

ping

[dfwgator]

"Unless that crop report........"

[napscoordinator]

Juice for May delivery, the most traded, rose seven percent in three trading sessions to $1.67 a pound.

From 1.55 a pound to 1.67 a pound. That is soring????? These articles are hilarious with their “sky is falling” nonsense.

[Gay State Conservative]

Do we have the 30 million undocumented democrats from south of the border to thank for *this* as well.We certainly have them for thank for overflowing prisons,beheadings in the streets,hospitals going bankrupt and medical conditions caused by worm-like parasites that bore their way into the brain.

[Marcella]

I’m in Texas and have a dwarf Mandarin orange tree on my deck. Maybe it will give me oranges, or not. There are very small green round things on it and those have to be oranges. The question is, will they develop? At least it’s not sick with Florida disease.

[Gay State Conservative]

Citrus is an important part of Florida's economy.I've driven past the huge plant that Tropicana has in Bradenton (near Tampa).I've seen the huge trucks,filled with oranges,backed up at the gate waiting to unload.In fact,when the plant is doing a “run” (my word) you can smell the sweet smell of citrus in the air.That smell sure beats what you get in Newark.

[17th Miss Regt]

“Under my plan the price of oranges will necessarily skyrocket.” - Obama

[Sacajaweau]

And we will sell them to the schools

[Sacajaweau]

huang long bing.....means....big ????

[nascarnation]

I can get no-salt tomato juice for a buck a half gallon on sale.
I’ve pretty much switched to that for breakfast. Saves about 50 calories a day.
I still love OJ though....

[Sacajaweau]

Why do I think this was sabotage??

[capt. norm]

Thank the phony enviros who caused the ban on DDT wich would have nipped this in the bud.

[relictele]

Not faulting you for posting this but have you noticed a tendency for the media to portray every vagary of agriculture as a crisis that will send prices skyrocketing?

Gluts of anything are understandably rare - with adequate notice, producers would rather reduce output than to crash the market.

If the media would have us believe in price equilibrium between supply and demand, why does the price not trend back towards the previous point after the crisis is over?

[CriticalJ]

There seems to be a hidden assumption that demand will remain steady.

With the stagnent economy, I can foresee a steady decline in demand as prices rise resulting in not so precipitous rise in the price of oj.

[NonValueAdded]

Groves here are spraying daily. There’s a prediction this is the death of back-yard citrus and that only big groves can afford the treatment programs necessary to stave off the disease. Makes folks long for the day when it was just citrus canker that was the fear.

And where the heck is Beeks?

[Black Agnes]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus_greening_disease

[molson209]

Try Sunny Delight no juice required , LOL

[familyop]

Another consequence of a global regime administered by influential constituents through their media, academic institutions and politicians.