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Today Explained: Why Orange Juice Is Becoming So Expensive

It's time now for today explain where we break down some of the biggest stories in the news, how we got here and where we go next. Have you noticed how expensive orange juice has gotten recently? A bottle of fresh squeezed juice is about as expensive as some wines futures for orange juice from frozen concentrate are hovering around $1.50 a pound. That's up roughly 50% since the pandemic since the pandemic began in 2020. So what's behind this recent spike in prices? First, florida growers have an especially small crop this year. It's their smallest crop in nearly 90 years, blamed the weather and citrus disease for that. A deep freeze last january heard a lot of young trees, Hurricane Ian and Nicole also hurt this prize crop. Then there is citrus greening disease which is spreading and essentially kills the trees. Researchers have been trying to find long term revenues for citrus greening, but so far no luck. There's also another factor impacting production of the fruit americans are increasingly focusing on their health shifting away from sugary drinks and that is leading to a drop in demand for products like orange juice. The Department of Agriculture expects florida to produce just about £18,000,090 boxes of orange juice in the 2022 to 2023 season. That would be a 50% drop from the year before and the smallest crop since the 1936, season. So you can probably expect your orange juice to cost even more this year