Due to the combination of hurricanes this year, especially Irma, and citrus diseases like citrus greening and “Yellow Dragon Disease”, the yield of orange this year could be the lowest since at least the 1944-45 season according to a Yahoo News article in late December.
According to the story, “Forecasters are projecting a yield of 46 million boxes of oranges for the 2017-2018 Florida orange season, a drop of 33 percent from last year…..Some areas have lost as much as 90 percent of their fruit due to winds from Irma, or root damage due to flooding.”
You can read more about it at https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-orange-industry-hit-hurricane-disease-060249869.html.
