Dive Brief:
- The USDA has lowered its forecast for Florida orange production -- again -- as the disease known as citrus greening spreads through the crop.
- The crop is now expected to come in at 104.3 million cartons, a decline of 6 million from the estimates made last month.
- Last year the total Florida orange harvest stood at 133.6 million cartons.
Dive Insight:
These downward revisions in the crop estimate have been coming for months now. And the ugly truth is that there's nothing to suggest that upcoming years will be better than this year.
