Don't Touch Juwan Howard / Avocado Threat / MJ Hug / Waxahatchee

Order an extra avocado toast for breakfast. The price of avocados is about to go up.

On Super Bowl Sunday, somebody in Michoacán, Mexico threatened a federal agent in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to suspend avocado imports from that region.

In response to the threat, the feds banned Michoacán avocados, temporarily.

"There’ll be some opportunistic pricing,” according to the editor of SuperMarketGuru.com.

WBEZ has details: Why we’ll probably see avocado prices rise soon in the U.S.

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