The Latest Breaking News from Minas Gerais

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”

As Brazil prepares to host the UN’s climate conference next month, its coffee industry is under growing scrutiny for fuelling massive deforestation – and for threatening the very crop that made the country famous.

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) today is up +8.85 (+2.98%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) is up +5 (+0.15%). Arabica coffee prices are trading higher, seeing continued support from dry weather conditions in Brazil. Somar Meteorologia reported on Monday that Brazil's largest arabica coffee-growing area, Minas Gerais, received...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) today is down -10.10 (-3.09%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) is down -161 (-4.04%). Coffee prices today are sharply lower after updated weather forecasts removed the chance of frost in Brazil's coffee-growing regions of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais. Coffee prices have been...

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) Monday closed up +9.05 (+2.48%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) closed up +108 (+2.22%). Coffee prices on Monday settled sharply higher due to lighter-than-normal rainfall in Brazil's coffee-growing regions. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of Minas Gerais,...

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) today is up +8.70 (+2.38%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) is up +81 (+1.66%). Coffee prices today are sharply higher due to lighter-than-normal rainfall in Brazil's coffee-growing regions. Somar Meteorologia reported today that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of Minas Gerais, received...

May arabica coffee (KCK25 ) today is down -10.95 (-2.84%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) is down -81 (-1.47%). Coffee prices today are moderately lower, with arabica posting a 2-week low. Arabica coffee is under pressure after Somar Meteorologia forecast widespread showers next week in Minas Gerais, Brazil's...

May arabica coffee (KCK25 ) today is down -0.90 (-0.23%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) is down -22 (-0.40%). Coffee prices today are under pressure, with arabica falling to a 1-1/2 week low. Somar Meteorologia forecasts widespread showers next week for Minas Gerais, Brazil's biggest arabica-producing region, which...

May arabica coffee (KCK25 ) Tuesday closed up +9.75 (+2.54%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) closed up +177 (+3.29%). Coffee prices settled higher on Tuesday due to below-normal rainfall in Brazil. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of Minas Gerais received 1.1 mm...