Agriculture employs 80 percent of the country's population of nearly 40 million and contributes nearly 50 per cent of the country's export earnings...
A team of engineers in Brazil has invented a machine to grade coffee beans with electronic imaging, speeding up the time-consuming task and providing information farmers can use to improve produce.
GUARAJUBA, Brazil, Nov 23 - A team of engineers in Brazil has invented a machine to grade coffee beans with electronic imaging, speeding up the time-consuming task and providing information farmers can use to improve...
* Sugar trade focused on impact of Brazil rainfall on yields * Ivory Coast cocoa bean arrivals sharply up on last year LONDON, Oct 30 - Sugar, coffee and cocoa futures extended losses on Friday,...
* Swiss company among world's biggest buyers of cocoa beans * Worried about global shortages and rising market prices * Plans investments to promote sustainable, modern growing The Swiss maker of Smarties, Raisinets, Kitkat bars...
* Trade slow as farmers hesitant to unload new beans * Farmers waiting for price and weather outlooks to clear HANOI, Oct 20 - Coffee trading was slow as Vietnamese farmers were hesitant to unload...
* New Asian buyers keep auction prices high * U.S. buyers seen hurt by credit crunch, weak dollar PANAMA CITY, Sept 29 - Central America's high-end coffee producers saw strong interest in their expensive beans...
The Arabian Company for Coffee, the master franchisee for the popular coffee chain, Caribou Coffee, is donating 10 per cent proceeds from the sale of 'Amy's Blend', a special coffee beans product, to breast cancer patients.
* Exporters delay up to 15,000 tonnes of robusta shipments * Sumatran beans at premium as high as $100 (Adds quotes, local prices, table, byline) SINGAPORE, Sept 18 - Coffee exporters in Indonesia's main growing...
A US-Chinese trade row threatened to spill over into soybeans on Thursday when a government researcher said US beans were being dumped in China.