- cross-posted to:
- news@hexbear.net
- us_news@lemmygrad.ml
- usa
- cross-posted to:
- news@hexbear.net
- us_news@lemmygrad.ml
- usa
Market prices for coffee, orange juice hit record highs, fueling sharply higher bills for some grocery staples
Paywall removed: https://archive.is/8vYWj
Curve ball, it’s climate change being priced into futures contracts.
And non-climate crop problems, like citrus greening. Last I heard, it had nearly destroyed the Florida orange industry.
How have you guys been affected by varroa mite?
Its landed here in aust & we are failing at containment/eradication.
Apparently we have it in the US, but I haven’t heard of it being a major problem. But it seems to be one factor contributing to colony collapse.
Bird flu, too.