Feeling the squeeze: Orange juice prices surge amid citrus disease, smaller harvest
By: News 12 Staff Jan 19, 2022, 11:37am Updated on: Jan 19, 2022
Another item on your grocery list is going to be more
expensive.
Orange juice sales surged during the pandemic, and now
prices are rising.
Citrus disease and less-than-favorable weather conditions
have hurt orange crops over the past few years.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects Florida to
produce nearly 45 million boxes of oranges in 2022.
That would be the smallest harvest the state has produced in
nearly 60 years.