Avocado prices soar as Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border

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Avocado prices rose by 44 per cent in one week

Of the increase, Stefan Oliva, a research analyst at Gro Intelligence, which collects and analyses agricultural data, said: “Even those very, very vague threats are enough to scare wholesalers and processors that are relying on consumers.“If there is a border shutdown, they will have to circumvent the border and pay an extreme premium.”

 

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Good! If you don’t grow it, then don’t eat it. Don’t buy it. Let the locals eat it. Americans need to learn how to be not a selfish human for once!

Good thing, they where at 15 year lows. California production at all time highs. South American production at all time highs and getting into the Avacado game Avocado

Shit. This’ll probably affect guacamole.

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