GOOD NEWS FOR O.J. (DRINKERS, THAT IS)

Florida orange growers are expecting a bumper crop this year, which usually means lower prices consumers. The Agriculture Department is expected on Wednesday to predict a Florida orange crop of 196 million boxes, the second largest crop in history. On Tuesday, Agriculture officials said that fresh fruit consumption in the U.S. has reached its highest rate in 40 years: last year, the average American ate 26 pounds of citrus fruit.