Published 09/20/2024 7:11:07 a.m.

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

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CACONDE, Brazil — Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir. Read more...

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The Independent

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

Brazilian coffee farmers are grappling with above-average temperatures as the country, the world’s largest coffee producer, faces its worst drought in more than seven decades

09/20/2024 4:28:11 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

CACONDE, Brazil (AP) — Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir. Lately, though, water is scarce on Almeida’s modest farm in Caconde, a town in one of Sao Paulo state’s key growing regions. He can’t get his coffee to grow the way it should. In Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, Almeida and other farmers…

09/20/2024 4:28:10 a.m.·United States

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KVIA

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

Associated Press CACONDE, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian coffee farmers are grappling with above-average temperatures as the country, the world’s largest coffee producer, faces its worst drought in more than seven decades. Vietnam, the second-largest coffee producer, is also experiencing heat and drought, affecting its coffee crops. As a result, potential supply shortages in both countries have driven up global coffee prices. Prices prices haven’t reac…

09/20/2024 4:28:11 a.m.·Panama City, United States

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Financial Post

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

CACONDE, Brazil (AP) -- Silvio Almeida's coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir.

09/20/2024 4:30:24 a.m.·Canada

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