January 9, 2014 Brazil’s arabica coffee output should drop between two and eight percent this year compared with 2013, hobbled by falling prices on world markets, the country’s crop forecasting agency said Thursday. Conab forecast an arabica harvest of between 35.08 million and 37.53 million bags. “This fall is due to a reduction of planting […]
December 29, 2013 Global coffee exports fell by 9.6% to 8.5 million bags in October, the first month of the new marketing year, as farmers in Indonesia and Vietnam held back stocks, according to the International Coffee Organisation (ICO). Worldwide coffee shipments stood at 9.38 million bags in the same month last year. One bag […]
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Rhetoric, politics and individual interpretation about a given issue are the best- besides weather forecasts, of course- tools for speculation. During an interview that was broadcasted from Varginha this week, Mss Russef, as any politician that was not clearly briefed about any given subject, heartedly announced the subsidy program that has been in the Gov agenda […]
By Isis Almeida – Jul 15, 2013 An increase in the number of coffee shops in Brazil is boosting demand for higher quality beans in the world’s leading producer and threatening the U.S.’s position as the world’s top consumer, according to Mintel Group Ltd. Coffee consumption in the South American nation is growing faster than […]
By Robert Baillieul – June 17, 2013| Robert is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network — entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited. Caffeine addicts rejoice! Coffee prices are in free fall. For savvy investors this presents a potential opportunity. Falling prices In 2011 poor weather and […]
14/06/2013 Raw Sugar Rebounds After Brazil Ethanol Rally; Cocoa Declines BLOOMBERG (USA) Raw sugar rose in New York after four sessions of declines as higher ethanol prices in Brazil, the leading producer of the sweetener, spurred speculation millers will use more cane to make the biofuel. Cocoa declined. Ethanol futures yesterday reached the […]
11/06/2013 Récolte historique de céréales et de soja LA FRANCE AGRICOLE (FRANCE) Les prévisions d’une moisson historique se confirment au Brésil, où la production de grains pour l’année 2012-13 est estimée à 184,3 millions de tonnes (Mt), d’après les derniers relevés publiés le jeudi 6 juin 2013. « Il s’agit d’un volume record, […]
10/06/2013 BLOOMBERG (USA) Coffee futures fell on signs that global supplies will be more than enough to meet demand. Cocoa, and cotton also slid. Sugar was unchanged while cotton rose. In May, coffee exports from Brazil, the world’s top shipper, rose 22 percent from a year earlier, Cecafe, the country’s council of green coffee […]
BLOOMBERG (USA) Robusta coffee extended losses to a five-month low in London as prices in Vietnam, the world’s leading producer of the variety used in instant drinks and espresso, continue to slide. Sugar advanced. Coffee prices in Vietnam fell 5.2 percent in the past two weeks to 40,500 dong ($1.93) a kilogram (2.2 pounds), […]
23/05/2013 Brazil Exporters Seek Lower Coffee Discount on ICE Futures THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA) Brazil coffee exporters want better treatment for their beans from one of the world’s biggest commodities exchanges. The Council of Brazilian Coffee Exporters, known as CeCafe, said Tuesday it plans to petition IntercontinentalExchange to reduce the discount applied […]
21/05/2013 Robusta Coffee Falls to 1-Week Low on Vietnam Sales; Sugar Drops BLOOMBERG (USA) Robusta coffee fell to a one-week low on signs of more supplies from Vietnam, the world’s biggest producer, and Indonesia, the third largest. Sugar also declined. Buyers of coffee from Vietnam are paying a lower premium as farmers boosted […]
16/05/2013 Fungus Wreaks Havoc on Coffee Crop THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA) Colleen Anunu could tell something was off as soon as she lifted the piping-hot cup of Honduran coffee to her lips. The Central American country’s coffee beans usually produce flavors with “a lot of fruit” and “really heavy developed sugars,” says […]
The International Coffee Organization heightened warnings over the costs of the Central America’s coffee rust epidemic, flagging raised numbers on crop losses, and forecasting a rush of laid-off plantation workers seeking jobs in the US. The ICO revealed that Promecafe, an organisation created in 1979 to tackle disease threats to coffee output, had lifted to […]