Disease, extreme weather push up orange juice prices

A worker harvests oranges on a farm in Mogi Guacu, Brazil, June 13, 2024. A worker harvests oranges on a farm in Mogi Guacu, Brazil, June 13, 2024.

Orange juice prices have always been volatile, falling when bumper harvests create an oversupply of oranges and rising when frost or a hurricane knocks out fruit trees.