The Onset Of Colombia’s Coffee Crisis Started In 2008
When the climate crisis started in Colombia it was here in Antioquia that signs of the severe impact of erratic weather first started to show in the 2008-09 mitaca crop,…
When the climate crisis started in Colombia it was here in Antioquia that signs of the severe impact of erratic weather first started to show in the 2008-09 mitaca crop,…
The crisis in the Colombian coffee lands would continue to get worse, with production in the next 2009-10 year falling to 8.098 million bags – one of the smallest crops…
The outbreak of rust in Nariño and Huila would continue to impact the coffee production in Colombia negatively in the next few years and production failed to recover to levels…
Some historical accounts suggest that coffee cultivation first started in Colombia around the year 1730 after being brought into the country via Venezuela from Martinique, but most coffee historians agree…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 NOV 28 (SpillingTheBeans)–ICE futures exchange in New York closed for trading Thanksgiving Holdiday. NOV…