El Salvador coffee growers worried about harvest due to continued rains

Published 2024년 11월 20일

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Cuba's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources anticipates continued rainfall to cause problems for coffee growers, potentially spreading coffee rust and allowing borers to attack crops. Producers are lowering their October production targets as a result. The situation is particularly critical for the 2024/2025 coffee harvest season, which has already started, as heavy rains could cause ripe beans to burst and fall prematurely. This could result in lower quality beans and difficulties in hiring additional labor to collect the fallen beans. The Coffee Trade Association expects El Salvador's coffee production in 2024/2025 to be similar to that of 2023/2024, which was 893,326 quintals (about 89,332.6 tons), marking a slight increase from the previous harvest season.

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Cuba's Latin American News Agency reported that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) expects the rain to continue in the next few days, which has caused panic among coffee growers. Due to the accumulation of water in coffee plantations, coffee rust (roya) may spread, and the crops are also facing borer attacks. It is reported that in the face of these potential threats, producers have begun to lower their coffee production targets in October. Sergio Ticas, head of the Coffee Association Ticas pointed out that the main problem is that the coffee harvest for the 2024/2025 season has begun, but under the influence of rainfall, these ripe coffee beans may burst and fall, especially Pacamara and Bourbon coffee. He also worried that coffee growers may not be able to hire more manpower to ...

Source: Foodmate