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Brazil Coffee Report: Robusta Filling In for Lower Expected Arabica Output

Brazil’s total coffee production for the 2025/26 market year (July to June) is now forecast at 63 million 60-kilogram bags, down about 3% from the prior season primarily due to...

2025.12.10

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Reflections on 1 Million Coffee Farmer Trainings with TechnoServe Coffee Head Paul Stewart (Part 1)

TechnoServe, one of the longest-running and farthest-reaching nonprofits operating in the coffee sector, recently announced it has helped train more than 1 million smallholder coffee farmers. Since launching its...

2025.12.09

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Brazil’s Expocacer to Host First Auction Through Blockchain-Based Coffee Chain

Large Brazilian coffee cooperative Expocacer is preparing to host the first online auction on its new Coffee Chain trading platform, offering traceable specialty lots to roasters and importers. Set for...

2025.12.01

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Fairtrade Plans Major Standards Overhaul for Coffee and Other Crops

Fairtrade International is planning a sweeping overhaul of the standards that govern Fairtrade-certified coffee and other crops. The multi-year project will likely reshape how millions of farmers, workers and buyers...

2025.11.26

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International Researchers Allege Widespread Errors in Smallholder Coffee Mapping, Offer Dataset

A new open-access dataset called Sample Earth aims to fix what its creators call a critical flaw in the global coffee and cocoa trade: maps that label current smallholder...

2025.11.26

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Trump Order Eliminates All Tariffs on Brazilian Coffee

President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday removing the remaining 40% tariff on Brazilian coffee, effectively restoring coffee-tariff policy to pre-“Liberation Day” norms. The Arabica “C Price” for...

2025.11.21

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White House Offers Broad Coffee Tariff Relief; Brazil in Question

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a major rollback of “reciprocal” tariffs on a numerous agricultural products not readily grown in the United States, including coffee. While the announcement...

2025.11.17

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White House Offers Broad Coffee Tariff Relief; Brazil in Question

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a major rollback of “reciprocal” tariffs on a numerous agricultural products not readily grown in the United States, including coffee. While the announcement...

2025.11.17

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Futuristic Earth-Cooling Solution Not Likely to Protect Coffee, Study Finds

A radical climate-engineering solution may not be able to safeguard coffee or other climate-sensitive crops as the planet warms, according to a new study. New research published Nov. 4 in...

2025.11.15

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Column: What the 2025 Brazil Coffee Harvest Can Teach Us About the Future

Another year has passed for coffee in Brazil, and the 2025 crop is now virtually 100% picked, in storage and ready for commercialization. I’d like to take this opportunity to...

2025.11.04

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