Lot of it has to do with the U.S. stopping all avocado shipments from Mexico.Different avocado cultivars must be harvested at different times of the year. Bacon is ready November through March. Fuerte is ready November through June, and Hass is ready April through October. Pinkerton is usually ready in the winter and early spring (December through April).
They've become so desperate they're smuggling in avocados in the cocaine shipments.