Mark Thorson wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Good thing I don't really like orange juice! Wonder why the
>> grapefruit crops weren't similarly affected?
>
> A big part of the reason is that nearly all of the orange
> production is in Florida and California. However, about
> a quarter of the grapefruit production in Texas, which
> produced slightly more grapefruit than California in
> 2005/6.
>
> For the details, see page 94 for oranges and page 76
> for grapefruit:
>
> http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications...ok/FTS2006.pdf


That aside, I have heard for many years that the bulk of our orange
juice is made from Brazilian oranges, so why should a U.S. crop failure
have such an effect on the price of juice?

gloria p