FEATURE NEWS Brazil
The Big Brazil
FROST COFFEE PRODUCING REGIONS ACROSS BRAZIL WERE HIT WITH MAJOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING THE MOST SEVERE FROST TO HIT COFFEE FARMS IN 40 TO 50 YEARS. MAJA WALLENGREN EXPLAINS HOW MULTIPLE PROBLEMS ARE CAUSING AN UNPRECEDENTED DEFICIT TO THE SUPPLY-DEMAND BALANCE AND WHY THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF COFFEE FAST.
Growers in the key Brazil coffee region of Southern Minas reported frost damage to an average 20 to 30 per cent of their land as farms across an area covering 65 per cent of the total Brazilian harvest was burned by the frost.
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