{"id":2265741,"date":"2024-06-12T09:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/price-of-orange-juice-has-spiked-worldwide-now-we-know-why\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T09:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:21:38","slug":"price-of-orange-juice-has-spiked-worldwide-now-we-know-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/price-of-orange-juice-has-spiked-worldwide-now-we-know-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Orange Juice Prices Surge &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprice-of-orange-juice-has-spiked-worldwide-now-we-know-why%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2265741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2063 cost of orange juice has been rising sharply, \u200dwith recent prices peaking\u2063 at nearly double the rate from the\u200d previous year. Several factors have contributed to this increase, most notably the challenges in Brazil, \u2062which produces 70% of the world&#8217;s oranges for juice. A critical issue among these challenges is citrus greening disease, a devastating ailment spread by the Asian citrus psyllid, leading \u2063to the eventual death of infected trees. Additionally, \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boil-water-notice-goes-out-in-texas-capital-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Boil Water Notice Goes Out In Texas Capital Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">extreme weather conditions<\/a> such\u2064 as heatwaves in Brazil and hurricane threats in Florida have posed significant \u200bthreats to orange production. Efforts\u200d to address the \u2062shortage, like\u200b blending different types of citrus fruits, result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farm-group-calls-for-investigation-into-u-s-egg-price-surge\/\" title=\"Farm Group Calls for Investigation Into U.S. Egg Price Surge\">higher production costs<\/a> that are \u2064subsequently passed to consumers. These industry pressures are \u200dhappening alongside broader economic inflationary trends, adding to the cost burdens\u2064 faced by consumers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/%20\"><span>Warner Todd Huston<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 12, 2024 at 4:41am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The cost of our morning orange juice has recently been soaring, and now we finally have an explanation for the price hikes that reveals a problem that has been bedeviling the juice industry for at least three years.<\/p>\n<p>Closing futures prices of benchmark frozen concentrate juice peaked at $4.87 a pound May 28 on the Intercontinental Exchange in New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/05\/30\/orange-juice-makers-turn-to-alternative-fruits-amid-record-high-prices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a> reported, nearly twice the price last year. That price had dropped to <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/commodities\/orange-juice-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4.09<\/a> by Tuesday, but still far higher than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest cause of the jump are problems in the orange groves of Brazil, which account for 70 percent of the oranges used to manufacture orange juice globally.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s harvest looks like it will weigh in at 24 percent less than last year\u2019s, CNBC reported. That\u2019s contributing to a shortage that\u2019s been hitting the citrus industry for three years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/orange-juice-shortage-brazil-florida-climate-change-other-fruits-2024-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The primary culprits, according to CNBC, are heatwaves in Brazil at critical points in the orange production cycle as well as citrus greening disease that has wracked citrus growers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/plant-pests-diseases\/citrus-diseases\/citrus-greening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USDA<\/a>, the disease is the one of the worst known for citrus trees. The trees that become infected always die in a few years and there is currently no cure.<\/p>\n<p>The disease is insect-borne, spread by a tiny insect called the Asian citrus psyllid. The insect has also been spreading the disease in the U.S. and has been seen throughout Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It has also been detected in parts of Alabama, California, Louisiana, South Carolina and Texas, according to the USDA.<\/p>\n<p>The disease is equally devastating to oranges, lemons, limes, tangerines, and grapefruits.<\/p>\n<p>Once infected, the tree will produce less fruit over time, and fruits that do grow will be partially green, smaller, shaped irregularly, and will taste bitter. Leaves may show asymmetrical, blotchy mottling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you love a glass of cold, juicy orange juice with your breakfast?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eventually the tree will more or less stop producing any fruit and will then die. Also, making it harder to catch, an infected tree will look asymptomatic for several seasons before becoming obviously afflicted.<\/p>\n<p>The disease is not the only pressure on the citrus-growing industry, either. Hurricanes have had seriously ill effects on U.S. orange growers, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s great concern for the citrus crop in Florida this year, given our hurricane forecast,\u201d said Dale Mohler, AccuWeather\u2019s senior commodity meteorologist, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/foodinstitute.com\/focus\/feeling-the-squeeze-orange-juice-prices-continue-to-climb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Food Institute<\/a>, a New York-based information source on the food-production industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are forecasting an above-average number of storms, which means the odds of a hurricane rolling through the groves is greater than usual,\u201d Mohler said.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, some of the solutions to the lack of orange stock tends to drive up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-grocery-staple-surging-record-high-days-cheap-breakfasts-gone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One such solution is to add other citrus \u2014 especially mandarin oranges \u2014 to juices, according to the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/article\/2024\/may\/29\/orange-juice-makers-consider-other-fruits-prices-bananas-brazil-harvest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>, but this forces producers to implement different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-disparaged-netanyahu-as-a-hole-behind-closed-doors-report\/\" title=\"Biden reportedly insulted Netanyahu privately as an 'A\u2014hole\">processing practices<\/a> because mandarins and other citrus taste different from regular juicing oranges. The extra processing practices drives up costs to manufacturers, which drives up prices to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, manufacturers would be required to alert customers that they are producing blended juices and that could drive down customer demand, which could lower sales and, in turn, stifle the expansion of groves with new trees.<\/p>\n<p>With all this in the offing, producers are already anticipating higher costs for the near future, and are beginning to retool the whole industry to bring closer cooperation to save money between all the portions of the orange juice producing industry, including growers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-study-shows-unhealthy-fake-vegan-meat-truly-stick-real-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food<\/a> handlers, fruit processors, blending houses, juice packers and soft drink producers.<\/p>\n<p>Jena Santoro, senior manager, intelligence solutions at Everstream Analytics, told The Food Institute the cost of orange juice is only the latest price hike plaguing consumers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost recently, we\u2019ve seen shortages of household items like sugar, tea, and coffee around the world due to similar trends in weather-related production and harvest issues,\u201d Santoro said. \u201cThis has led to a buying spree of coffee beans by roasters to ensure sufficient reserves,\u201d which \u201cpushed up the prices for end-consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, all these pressures don\u2019t even include the rising costs thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-killing-economy-inflation-remains-high-consumer-spending-weakens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden\u2019s inflationary<\/a> economic policies.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Jos<\/span><span>h<\/span><i><span>  Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-43\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-43\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-43\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-43\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-43\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-at-host-of-the-view-dares-panel-to-invite-him-on-as-a-guest\/\" title=\"Byron Donalds Takes Shot at Host of 'The View,' Dares Panel to Invite Him On as a Guest\">writing career penning articles<\/a> about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. Follow him on Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of morning orange juice has been climbing, with a recent report explaining the hikes as a persistent issue plaguing the juice industry for over three years. 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