By Fabiana Batista
(Bloomberg) --
Adverse weather conditions that affected Brazilian coffee trees in the past 12 months will severely hurt production in 2022 and 2023, Jose Donizete Alves, a researcher at Lavras Federal University said at industry web conference.
Irregular, below average rain affected tree branch growth, which will probably reduce number of beans per plant in 2022
Drought impact can be 1.5 to 2 times more severe than frost: Donizete
Brazil coffee areas got only half of rain expected in 180 days ended September 19: Luiz Carlos Molion, an independent meteorologist
Coffee regions are running out of ground water: Eder Ribeiro dos Santos, geoprocessing data coordinator at Cooxupe
Dry season may start earlier next year, in March, with monthly rain 40%-60% below average
Frost will spur tree pruning which will need up to three years to return to pre-frost levels
For current crop, Cooxupe members needed 510 liters of beans to produce one 60-kg bag, worst yield since 2015 which needed 528 liters
In 2020, 478 liters filled a bag
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