date:Aug 27, 2014
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Dry Spell
Coffee cherries are usually picked from April to September. As of 7 August, 86 per cent of the crop had been collected, according to Porto Alegre, Brazil-based researcher Safras Mercado. With harvest mostly done, trees need rain to spur blossoms that will produce next years crop. Most growing regions will get 35 per cent less rain than normal in September, Sao Paulo-based weather forecaster Somar Meteorologia said.
From 1 January - 19 August, the key gr