Prices for orange juice are surging amid a nationwide shortage of oranges; it is likely that the United States will see its worst domestic orange harvest season since World War II, according to new predictions from the Department of Agriculture. The shortage is attributable to a low yield in Florida, which is responsible for the majority of orange crops in the United States. This year, Florida is expected to produce 44.5 million standard 90-pound boxes of oranges—three percent lower than the yields predicted in December. In addition to the ongoing supply chain disruptions and labor shortages which have caused scarcity of many familiar resources, this year’s dismal orange harvest is attributable to a plague of citrus greening, a disease spread by insects that makes orange crops inedible. While crop plagues are nothing new, the situation in Florida may be due to a lack of genetic diversity in the state’s orange …