• ramble81@lemmy.zip
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    So that means there should be a surplus of OJ for Americans which should drive down prices in the US… right? Right? /s

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      The Florida citrus industry where most of the juice oranges are grown is dying. Citrus greening has been killing the groves off. The tariffs are stupid but not the main price mover.

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        21 hours ago

        Citrus greening

        Good thing Trump shut down all the woke research to try and prevent this infection.

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      it does. it also drives down the value of the dollar. net result is that you won’t see a change.

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        That is only true if part of the final product is imported. Since this is about Florida OJ using Florida oranges, it should lead to a decrease in price. Alas, capitalism will not let that happen

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          if the effort involved in production stays the same and the currency depreciates, it would make sense for wages to go up. since they won’t, the value of the product decreases. but since the currency has, again, depreciated, the dollar value of the product stays the same.

          i think. i know nothing about economics.