By Jean Guerrero MEXICO CITY–An unusually aggressive attack of a coffee-eating fungus in Mexico’s top coffee-producing state of Chiapas is tempering expectations for the country’s 2012-2013 harvest, a top Mexican coffee official said Tuesday. Rodolfo Trampe, president of the Mexican Association for Coffee Production, or Amecafe, said in an interview that output has the potential […]
Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms in Kenya, Peru and Colombia earned top scores at the Rainforest Alliance’s December Cupping for Quality, held at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Lab in Long Beach, Calif. This marks the tenth year that the Rainforest Alliance has hosted coffee cuppings to recognize farmers for their hard work producing […]
Coffee prices underwent further downward corrections in December 2012, with the monthly average of the ICO composite indicator price falling by 3.7% to 131.31 US cents/lb, compared to a level of 188.90 US cents/lb at the beginning of the calendar year, says the International Coffee Organization. This brings the average price for calendar year 2012 […]
BRAZIL will harvest its largest ever off-year coffee crop in the 2013/14 season, the government said on Wednesday in its first estimate for the season, forecasting output that could be almost as big as the record 2012 on-year harvest. The world’s largest coffee producer will see output grow to 47m to 50.2m 60kg bags in […]
Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 – By L. Arias More than 10,000 hectares of coffee are already infected in the country. Margarita Persico Rust (Hemileia vastratrix) is a fungus that affects the leaves of a coffee bush until it completely dries the plant A rust fungus commonly known as “roya” that already has caused losses […]
How effective is green coffee? With the festive season underway, many of us are likely to overdo things in terms of eating and drinking in the not-too-distant future. As we all know, the January press will be filled with ideas for shedding excess Christmas pounds, thanks to our overindulgence. One weight loss idea that […]
HAVANA, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy decimated the Cuban coffee crop and delivered a major setback to renovation of old plantations when it ripped through the eastern part of the country late last week, according to scattered media reports. The storm left between 20 percent and 30 percent of the crop on the ground, […]
In El Salvador, an aggressive attack of a coffee-eating fungus is expected to limit the expected rebound in production during the 2012/13 season, Jean Guerrero of Dow Jones Newswires reports from Mexico City. The Salvadoran Coffee Council said it’s still evaluating the extent of damage resulting from the fungus known as roya, but that according […]
The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) announced on 8 October that it will set up a new Price Protection Contract (CPP) to help farmers hedge risks against currency and price fluctuations. The Colombian peso is currently one of the most appreciated currencies in South America. Coupled with the depreciation of the American dollar – the […]