date:Aug 26, 2014
0 reais per hectare to 100 reais per hectare with automation, he said, as a whirring machine whisked the last of 2014's ripe coffee cherries into a giant sack.
Even though arabica prices rose 55 percent in the last 12 months to their highest in two years after the drought, farmers said they are still struggling to compensate for smaller output.
Even with mechanization, costs are very high. Anyone who isn't mechanized is not able to make ends meet, said Luiz de Castro Junior, an economist and a