Hurricane Irma Will Make Orange Juice Unaffordable and Destroy Your Grocery Bill

The Street ^ | 9/9/17 | Ellen Chang

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Citrus costs could rise if Hurricane Irma, which is deemed a category 5, makes landfall in certain regions of Florida, as the state heads toward harvest season for oranges, but other vegetables could also see prices spike.

Depending on where Irma makes landfall, produce prices will fluctuate, said Giacomo Santangelo, an economics professor at Fordham University in New York and Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. Florida is the main producer of oranges in the U.S., although California and Texas also grow them.

"We can expect the prices of citrus fruits such as oranges, limes, tangelos and grapefruit to be affected; however, tomatoes are Florida's second-largest crop," he said. "Florida is the largest producer of sugar cane in the U.S."

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[Rebelbase]

DAMN AUTOCORRECT!

“UNAFFORDABLE”

[edzo4]

Clarence Beeks, lol

[joshua c]

DAMN AUTOCORRECT!

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That function is misnamed, it is AUTOWRONG!

I am smarter than my computer.

[OttawaFreeper]

Turn those machines back on, turn those machines back on...lol.

[foundedonpurpose]

Damaged oranges would sell for less money.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Fake news.

[Tucker39]

BEAKES! Yeah, Beakes. He'll get a handle on it. 😂

[Thom Pain]

AutoCorrect has become my worst enema!

[GnuThere]

I don’t drink OJ but I like to order citrus around Christmas time - makes the new year brighter.
Might have to go with Texas; they have some delicious grapefruits - Rio Star!

[Savage Rider]

All juices are sugar poisons, so I don’t drink them. A shortage of fresh, whole, fruits and vegetables will hit me in the pocketbook.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Randolph Duke: And then there are other commodities, like frozen orange juice...and GOLD. Though, of course, gold doesn’t grow on trees like oranges. [chuckles]

LOVE that movie! :)

[rdl6989]

Autocorrect is the dumbest do-gooder invention ever.

[KarlInOhio]

FCOJ futures are through the roof.

[Veto!]

Hope storm does not take out key lime trees...China figured out how to grow key limes, but they’re not as good.

[Rebelbase]

I hit abuse and asked the mod to correct the title. So far no dice.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I thought damaged oranges were immediately crushed for the juice.

[Eddie01]

Unless thar crop report was...

[ltc8k6]

Well, it’s down to a Cat 3 at the 11AM update.

[Tuketu]

Yes, Florida does have citrus trees and ships it. Mush OJ comes from here. BUT it was my understanding that MOST OJ now originates from BRAZIL.

...is Brazil in Miami?</sarc