date:Jul 28, 2020
elt and some weather-related problems (high temperatures and below-average rainfall after the first two blooms and fruit set).
Fresh orange consumption is lowered to 4.9 million tons while oranges for processing are down 3.5 million tons to 10.7 million.
Mexicos drought and high temperatures are estimated to cut the orange crop almost in half this year as production drops to 2.5 million tons, which would be the lowest harvest since the early 1990s.
The ongoing drought and high temperatures h