Colombia’s Unique Coffee Renovation And Crop Recovery
Colombia is one of the only coffee producing countries where most even tiny small-holder growers regularly have renovated and replanted trees, with a majority of the soils seeing a complete…
Colombia Is One Of Few Countries With Two Coffee Crops A Year
Colombia is one of less than a handful of coffee producing countries in the world that has two crops during the year, the main harvest that starts with the international…
Colombia’s Fedecafe And The Juan Valdez Coffee Story
The Colombian coffee story cannot be told without giving credit to Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers, or Fedecafe. Since its early foundation in 1927 the Federation has worked under…
Colombia’s New Coffee Harvest And Hacienda Venecia
Harvesting of the new 2013-14 main crop is now underway across Colombia and early forecasts peg the new crop to reach at least 10 and potentially 11 million bags. While…
Mexico Oct Coffee Exports Down 28% To 168,338 Bags On Growing Rust Impact
NOV 29 (SpillingTheBeans)–Mexican coffee exports in the month of October, the first month of the new 2013-14 crop year, fell 28 percent to 168,338 (60-kilogram) bags, down from 232,995 in…
MARKET INSIGHT: December Arabica Coffee Up 2.65 Cents At $1.1025/lb In Quiet Post-Holiday Market Nov 29
MARKET INSIGHT: December Arabica Coffee Up 2.65 Cents At $1.1025/lb In Quiet Post-Holiday Market Nov 29 NOV 28 (SpillingTheBeans)–ICE futures exchange in New York closed for trading Thanksgiving Holdiday. NOV…
Blog de Café en Español: México y Costa Rica se juntan en combatir la roya del café
Fighting Rust at Ramacafe in Nicaragua–Photo Courtesy Henry Hueck México, D.F., 23 de noviembre de 2013 Por SAGARPA Se puso en marcha un programa para el combate a la roya…
Brazil Agriculture Ministry Pledge To Suspend Coffee Farmers Debt
NOV 22, 2013 (Reuters)–Brazil will likely suspend debt payments being made by its struggling coffee producers as prices for the commodity remain near seven-year lows, the agriculture ministry said on…
ORIGIN UPDATE: Zimbabwe’s Coffee Industry Struggles to Recover But Gets Some Help
SpillingTheBeans Exclusive Harvest Insight: JULY 26 (SpillingTheBeans)–Zimbabwe used to be known for its so-called “super coffee” Arabica beans, a variety based on some of the original seeds planted in Kenya…
FOCUS ON INDONESIA: Indonesia’s New 2013-14 Coffee Crop Seen Down 20 to 25% On Weather
AUG 1 (SpillingTheBeans)–Indonesia’s coffee production in the 2013-14 crop cycle, for which harvesting started in April, is expected to fall between 20 percent and 25 percent from output in the…