MEXICO CITY, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Unusually cold weather is worrying coffee farmers in Mexico and Central America at the peak of harvest season as ice on trees or heavy winds has damaged coffee for export, regional producers said on Monday. Recent freezing temperatures in Mexico’s coffee-growing regions have affected at least 80,000 60-kg bags […]
Latin America produces an estimated 75 percent of the world’s organic coffee. But the economic benefits many small farmers were promised if they converted to organic haven’t materialized. Reuters By Ezra Fieser Correspondent / December 29, 2009 Guatemala City Some 450,000 pounds of organic coffee sit in a warehouse here, stacked neatly in 132-lb. bags. […]
Nairobi — A devastating disease of coffee plants that may have cost East African farmers as much as US$1 billion over the last ten years could be brought back under control after the rapid development of resistant varieties. The disease – coffee wilt – is caused by a fungus and is present in the Democratic […]
Introducing the rules of the international market to Kenyan coffee farmers If you order a cup of coffee, you mainly want it to taste good. In the international market, however, more requirements are set. Are there good working conditions at the coffee plantations? Is production environmentally friendly? With the support of Hivos and coffee trader […]
Giant rainforest trees, tiny fungi and wild coffee plants are among almost 300 species that have been described by UK botanists for the first time in 2009. …Seven wild coffee species also feature on the list of new species, most of which were discovered in the mountains of northern Madagascar. Two of the plants – […]
London, Dec 22 – World coffee production in 2009/10 is projected to fall to 127.0 million bags from 135.0 million in 2008/09, analyst F.O. Licht said on Tuesday. “The outlook for 2009/10 offers a mixed picture at this time,” Licht said in a statement. “The market will be in its low-production year of the biennial […]
Bogota, Dec 21 – Colombia will likely produce one of its smallest coffee crops in 35 years, with some growers expecting production to fall nearly 30 percent from last year to no more than 8.0 million 60-kg bags in 2009. The coffee growers’s federation in the world’s No. 3 coffee exporter has said coffee production […]
<A HREF=”http://oasc08024.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/Gannett-TVsites/@Position1?x”><IMG SRC=”http://oasc08024.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.ads/Gannett-TVsites/@Position1?x”></a> PHILADEPHIA, Pa. — Nevermind what they do in the movies; coffee will not sober you up after a night of drinking. That’s according to a new study at Temple University that uses lab mice. Mice were given either alcohol or caffeine. Caffeinated mice were able to get through a maze just fine, while the […]
There were 15,600 bags on offer at yesterday’s auction, of which most were confirmed as sold. The first new crop estate coffees were available, and exporters started taking positions ahead of what promises to be a shorter crop year for the trade. The lower crop, the perceived lack of quality coffees from other origins, and […]
US Consumers Report Increased Interest in Premium Coffee for Breakfast New York (CoffeeNetwork) A new study by Chicago-based foodservice industry consultant Technomic finds that increasingly U.S. consumers demand more premium coffee for their breakfast as a wider variety of options and marketers widen their choices and knowledge. The findings are part of Technomic’s new Breakfast […]