date:Dec 20, 2012
alist at Citigroup in Chicago said in a e-mailed report.
Orange juice for March delivery rose 1.1 percent to settle at $1.40 a pound at 1:50 p.m. on ICE Futures U.S., after touching $1.41, the highest for a most-active contract since May 1. The rally during the past month has pared this years decline to 17 percent.
While normally 255 pieces of fruit would fill a 90-pound (41-kilogram) box, it may take as many as 300 this year because the lack of sufficient rainfall yielded smaller oranges, Jer