Orange juice shortage and soaring prices present opportunity for SA growers

Orange juice prices have hit record highs as Brazil’s crop is decimated by changing weather patterns and disease.
Concentrated orange juice futures on the Intercontinental Exchange in New York have nearly doubled in the past 12 months, reports UK online publicatoin The Grocer.
While South Africa remains the world’s second biggest citrus exporter, Brazil and California are the top exporters of orange juice. 
Bruce Whitfield asks Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Growers Association, whether local growers could capitalise on the global orange juice shortage.
Chadwick notes that the…