There are many reasons why Robusta has gained popularity in the past few years. Setting aside the fact that it is the Robusta-fed soluble industries in
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What conflicting coffee data can you believe?
There was a time when coffee forecasting was easy. That was when the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) was one of the only global institutions releasing forecasts
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Trendsetters for coffee prices
There was a time when a few key indicators controlled the direction of commodity prices. News agencies could regularly refer to fundamentals, major weather patterns and the
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World coffee prices: a market in denial?
Following widespread reports of failing crops in Latin America, some producers are dismayed that ICE futures prices in New York show little indication of recovering. The rust
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Coffee price predictions in 2013
Oscar L. Schaps
Global Head of Soft Commodities, FCStone, LLC The coffee market during the recent past has been quite volatile, to say the least. Many factors affect
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Global Head of Soft Commodities, FCStone, LLC The coffee market during the recent past has been quite volatile, to say the least. Many factors affect
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Coffee and Currency: The global impact on farmers
In the lead up to the November United States Presidential election, global headlines were regularly dominated by any news that would hint as to who would
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Shift and growth in coffee consumption
When the US economic crisis hit in late 2008, many were quick to predict that coffee consumption would suffer. Four years later, those predictions have mostly proven
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Microcredit’s impact in coffee growing communities
In 2001, Cinthia Maribel Larreatigue Herrera was living in the province of San Ignacio in northern Peru, surrounded by poverty. For coffee farming families like hers,
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The global coffee supply crisis?
By Maja Wallengren For four years running, the world’s coffee supply-demand has been running at a deficit. Global stocks and inventories have continued to dwindle with no recovery
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Coffee prices boom & bust: a historical perspective
Viewed from a distance – from Jupiter, say – the coffee industry of planet Earth may appear to be a cheerful phenomenon of growth, ever onward
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