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Coffee: New York Stock Exchange Rises Nearly 200 Pts on Tuesday and Maturities Return to Approximately USD 1.30/lb

Future prices for Arabica coffee on the New York Stock Exchange (ICE Futures US) closed the session on Tuesday (April 19, 2016) with a high of almost 200 points. This is the second consecutive session that foreign prices appreciated. The farther December/16 maturity closed above the USD 1.30 per pound level. The market reflected fluctuations…
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Adjustment of minimum salary causes high coffee production costs

The biggest impact occurred on manual harvested farms, which demanded more manpower, with an increase of 6.34%. Brasília (04/19/2016) – The 2016 minimum salary adjustment directly impacted the costs of producing Brazilian coffee, especially in properties where coffee is harvested manually. This item alone caused increases in the Effective Operating Cost (EOC), which includes the…
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Coffee production chain works to deploy mapping of Brazil’s coffee park

To supply the coffee sector statistical base with data on area, altitude and slope, the coffee production chain works to implement the mapping of the Brazilian coffee park. Georeferencing is an old industry demand and is being addressed as a priority agenda by the Deliberative Coffee Research and Development Committee (CDPD). During the 24th meeting,…
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