Brazil
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.
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 modes... [5014 chars]