Game-time guacamole may get harder to make as climate reduces avocado shipments from Mexico

By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Game-time guacamole may be getting harder to make. A lack of rain and warmer temperatures have resulted in fewer avocados being shipped to the United States from Mexico. The western state of Michoacan, which supplies most of the creamy textured fruit at the heart of guacamole, has suffered a hotter, drier climate that has depleted water in growing areas. Lakes are drying up: Desperate avocado growers send tanker trucks down to suck up the last water, or divert streams, to feed their thirsty orchards, sparking conflicts. The state received about half the rain it normally gets last year, and reservoirs are at about 40% of capacity.