The staple breakfast beverage could be impacted by low crop yield.
In this Jan. 5, 2010, file photo, oranges are picked at an orange grove in Winter Garden, Fla.diseased fruit
and bad weather, a combination that's prompted all-time high prices and left juice makers to consider other citrus varietals to supplement in the widely consumed breakfast beverage. Along the citrus belt of São Paulo and Minas Gerais in Brazil, both factors have impacted orange production, significantly reducing overall crop yields, according to the latest forecast fromIn this Nov. 26, 2010, file photo, workers harvest oranges at a Sucocitrico Cutrale LTDA orange grove on the Santa Maria farm in Analandia, Brazil.The institution reported that Brazil, the world's largest producer and exporter of orange juice, was set to produce 232.
"Should this production forecast hold true, this will be the second-smallest crop since 1988-1989," the reportIn this Feb. 1, 2022, file photo, a worker drives a fruit loader as he helps harvest oranges at one of the Peace River Packing Company groves in Fort Meade, Fla.as a key factor in the dramatic orange crop reduction.
Much like the South American agricultural powerhouse, orange output from Florida growers has also continually declined for U.S. production.U.S. Department of Agriculture'sIn this Jan. 19, 2023, file photo, containers of orange juice are on display in a grocery store in Miami, Fla.
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