Avocado woes deepen, but experts don’t foresee price spike

From drought to wildfire, frost to fruit flies, those who grow and sell avocados in North County are reeling from a year of challenges and disasters that leave some wondering what a pound of the area’s most popular crop will cost next year.

Many experts say there will still be a good-sized harvest of the green fruit next spring, and that any market shortfall will be made up with avocados imported from Mexico and Chile.

That, and an effort to keep retail prices from fluctuating, will help keep the price tag of California avocados near what they have been in recent years, but there could be a slight hike after a year of historic blows to the avocado industry, they say.”*

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