Commodities news service ZMP is running an item from Morocco, where a 43% drop in harvest has been preceded by a 33% decline in planted area.
After three years of low stocks and poor crops, Brazil’s orange juice industry is starting to look around for alternative citrus fruits that do not succumb to citrus greening. This condition first appeared in Florida 20 years ago, wrecking the state’s headline crop. Today, Brazilian producers face a devastating combination of bad weather …and citrus greening. There is a big article in the Financial Times that brings readers up to date with an ongoing crisis.