Florida orange production down 32% from last season, USDA?says

USDA forecasts smallest crop since World War II

By Julia Musto FOXBusiness

Orange juice prices are likely headed higher. Hurricane Ian damaged what was already forecast to be the lowest Florida?orange crop in decades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said orange production in Florida is down by 32% from last season, marking the?scantiest?predicted harvest in nearly 80 years.

橙汁價(jià)格可能會(huì)繼續(xù)走高。佛羅里達(dá)州橙子產(chǎn)量被預(yù)測(cè)是幾十年來(lái)最低的，雪上加霜的是颶風(fēng)伊恩破壞了這點(diǎn)產(chǎn)量。美國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)部說(shuō)，佛羅里達(dá)州的橙子產(chǎn)量較上一季下降了32%，這是近80年來(lái)預(yù)測(cè)最低的產(chǎn)量。

scanty：adj. /?sk?nti/ 1.不足的；欠缺的；太少的?Details of his life are scanty. 關(guān)于他的生平，詳細(xì)資料不多。2.(衣服) 小而暴露身體的?a scanty bikini 遮不住多少身體的比基尼泳裝

In an October citrus report, the agency said the all-orange forecast for the Sunshine State was 28 million boxes, compared to 41 million boxes the year before. That number includes 11 million boxes of non-Valencia oranges and 17 million boxes of Valencia oranges. Additionally, the forecast of all grapefruit production is two million boxes, 40% less than last season’s?utilization?of 3.33 million boxes.

該機(jī)構(gòu)在10月份發(fā)布的一份柑橘類(lèi)報(bào)告中表示，陽(yáng)光之州加州的所有橙子產(chǎn)量預(yù)測(cè)為2800萬(wàn)箱，而去年為4100萬(wàn)箱。這一數(shù)字包括1100萬(wàn)箱非晚侖夏橙和1700萬(wàn)箱晚侖夏橙。此外，預(yù)計(jì)所有葡萄柚產(chǎn)量為200萬(wàn)箱，比上一季的333萬(wàn)箱的出貨量減少40%。

utilization利用，使用的意思，在外貿(mào)術(shù)語(yǔ)中可以指整箱貨，up這邊聯(lián)系上下文，應(yīng)該指的是上一季的實(shí)際出貨量，所以轉(zhuǎn)換了一下。

Prior to Hurricane Ian striking Southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 28, officials were forecasting the smallest U.S. orange crop in 55 years. Planted areas have been falling yearly due to real estate expansion and the spread of?the greening fungus disease.

在9月28日颶風(fēng)伊恩以4級(jí)風(fēng)暴的形式襲擊佛羅里達(dá)州西南部之前，工作人員預(yù)測(cè)美國(guó)橙子的收成將是55年來(lái)最低的。由于房地產(chǎn)的擴(kuò)張和柑橘黃龍病菌的傳播，種植面積每年都在減少。

citrus greening disease?柑桔黃龍病

Soft commodities analyst Judy Ganes said last month that strong winds from Ian will likely transport the greening fungus from abandoned orange farms to?renovated?ones, wasting the work and investment of growers who are trying to expand citrus production.

軟商品分析師Judy Ganes上個(gè)月說(shuō)，來(lái)自伊恩的強(qiáng)風(fēng)很可能會(huì)把黃龍病菌從廢棄的柑橘農(nóng)場(chǎng)帶到翻新的農(nóng)場(chǎng)，浪費(fèi)了試圖擴(kuò)大柑橘產(chǎn)量的種植者的工作和投資。

renovate v. /?ren?ve?t/ 修復(fù)；翻新；重新粉刷

In addition, weeks with consecutive?cold fronts?at the start of the bloom period reportedly damaged many?groves, although drought conditions improved immensely across the region.

此外，據(jù)報(bào)道，花期開(kāi)始時(shí)連續(xù)數(shù)周的氣象冷鋒破壞了許多果園，盡管整個(gè)地區(qū)的干旱狀況大大改善。

cold fronts：冷鋒

Grove：這里指的是果園，果樹(shù)林

Orange grower Owen Conner, told FOX?35 Orlando that the department says things could get worse following Hurricane and that more growers are leaving the market.

橙子種植者歐文·康納在接受奧蘭多?？怂?5奧蘭多頻道采訪(fǎng)時(shí)表示，專(zhuān)業(yè)部門(mén)認(rèn)為颶風(fēng)過(guò)后，情況可能會(huì)變得更糟，更多的種植者正在離開(kāi)市場(chǎng)。

The estimated number of?bearing trees, planted in 2019 and earlier, for all oranges is 44 million.

據(jù)估計(jì)，在2019年及之前種植的所有結(jié)果樹(shù)數(shù)量為4400萬(wàn)棵。

Fruit bearing trees指的是結(jié)果的樹(shù)，不是幼樹(shù)，小樹(shù)

The USDA said fieldwork for the latest Commercial Citrus Inventory was completed in June, and that?attrition rates?were applied to the results to determine the number of bearing trees.

美國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)部表示，最新的商業(yè)柑橘存貨的實(shí)地調(diào)查工作已于6月完成，并將損耗率應(yīng)用于結(jié)果，以確定結(jié)果樹(shù)的數(shù)量。

attrition：n. /??tr??n/（尤指給敵人造成的）削弱，消耗?It was a war of attrition . 這是一場(chǎng)消耗戰(zhàn)。

The station said the state's orange production forecast would be the lowest yield since 1942.

電視臺(tái)表示，該州的橙子產(chǎn)量預(yù)測(cè)將是自1942年以來(lái)的最低產(chǎn)量。

The next report will not be released until December.

下一份報(bào)告要到12月才會(huì)發(fā)布。

Although imports from Brazil and Mexico currently make up for most of the orange juice consumed in the United States, Florida's production was important to the industry since it is mostly the not from concentrate (NFC) variety, which has gained popularity among consumers compared to the older style, frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ).

盡管目前從巴西和墨西哥進(jìn)口的橙汁占了美國(guó)消費(fèi)的大部分，但佛羅里達(dá)的生產(chǎn)對(duì)該行業(yè)很重要，因?yàn)樗饕欠菨饪s(NFC)品種，與更老的風(fēng)格，冷凍濃縮橙汁(FCOJ)相比，它在消費(fèi)者中受到了歡迎。

Foreign suppliers prefer to export FCOJ since it takes less space in vessels and is easier to handle.

外國(guó)供應(yīng)商更喜歡出口FCOJ，因?yàn)樗诖险嫉目臻g更小，更容易處理。

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