We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. For more information see our Privacy Policy. ![]() Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. He said the climate crisis was having an increasing impact on orange production around the world. Jack Scoville, a broker at Chicago-based Price Futures Group, said the environmental impact on orange production would filter through to retailers in the coming months, likely raising prices even further. Joyner said: “You would like to think there’s more than can be done to prepare for hurricanes and massive flooding events but there’s really little we can do, from a production standpoint, to combat Mother Nature.” The storm hit 152,000 hectares (375,000 acres) of citrus groves in Florida – nearly all of the 162,000 hectares of groves – causing $675m in damages, according to Florida Citrus Mutual’s assessment of the 2022-23 season published last month. Hurricane Ian, one of the worst storms in US history, was worsened by the climate crisis, according to scientific analysis. Joyner told the Guardian that about 10% of Florida’s orange trees were lost in last year’s hurricanes. ![]() Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images A worker collects oranges at an orchard in Arcadia, Florida, 14 March 2023.
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