by Travis Martin | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Life is like a box of chocolates…and the Ivory Coast really didn’t know what it was going to get. This year’s rainy season has been unusually dry for the past month, and it’s threatening the April-to-September cocoa mid-crop. The heavy downpours that normally...
by Travis Martin | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The world’s number five beef exporter, Argentina, slammed the brakes on beef exports in mid-May. Why? The country’s Agroindustrial Council suspended exports for one month with intentions to lower domestic inflation. Beef exports in Argentina have gone sky-high in...
by Travis Martin | May 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the largest exporter of coffee, sugar, and orange juice, Brazil’s weather woes should worry the world. A rainy season just ended with hardly any rain, and many farmers have already used up water reserves they hold on to for the upcoming dry season. To put it in...
by Travis Martin | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Oh, snap. Cold snap, that is. We noted last week that farmers in France were feeling the latest temperature drops in their bones and their fields. Unusually warm temperatures in March caused vineyards and other crops across France to bloom. Then Mother Nature said,...
by Travis Martin | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The past year has been tough for Indian farmers, and the hits just keep coming. New farm laws. Protests. The pandemic. Low rice exports. Fertilizer price increases. Some context: Mid-March marked four months since farmers have been protesting new farm laws that they...
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