According CONAB published in the May production forecast report: 2014/15 total production capacity in Brazil Robusta and Arabica quarter was $ 446 million bags, compared with January first estimates lower by 8.7%. Compared to last year's production, Arabica, 32.2 million bags estimates show production fell by 15.8%, while 12.3 million bags of Robusta indicates production rose 13.5 percent.

Brazilian coffee spot market malaise 

This time of year, Brazilian coffee spot trading markets are unusually quiet. The real impact of the worst drought in 50 years has led to price volatility and uncertainty has made almost paralyzed Santos coffee trade. Because of doubts about making the daily production forecast futures contract price shocks of up to 10%. The current export volume of raw beans are 250-330 million bags / month; traders believe: the increasing demand will continue until September, at the same time emptying beans inventory will ultimately promote a new round of sales.

Ministry of Agriculture, said: The Brazilian government will no longer sell coffee in public reserves, especially in the current, growers will begin harvesting time. Sales of the world's largest coffee producer and exporter of coffee on public reserve may pull down the price of coffee. Growers opinion is public reserve coffee should be sold in early 2015, when coffee is in the formation of buds. 

Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture has just announced the minimum price of coffee: Arabica bag 307.00 yuan Brazilian currency ($ 133.50), which is about $ 1.00 / lb; Connie Long (Robusta) bag 180.80 yuan Brazilian Reais ($ 78.6), about $ 1,300 / ton, valid until March 2015. Among them, Connie Long from 156.58 yuan Brazilian currency rose to the current price, an increase of 15.48%, while the price of Arabica currently experiencing since 2009 is 261.7 Brazilian currency ($ 114.3) to freeze prices, the adjustment came out last year . According to the National Coffee Association Committee (CNC) to say, when the price does not offset the cost of production.

High wages lead to rising production costs and coffee 

Adjust the coffee-producing areas of wages leads to coffee production costs generally rose, especially those highly dependent on the labor of areas, such as Maita M. Nast's 马纽 Millington (Manhumirim) region and Espirito Santo Kang nylon planting area. The average cost of production rose 3.4% Arabica, Robusta and / Connie dragon rose 5.6 percent. Analysis of recent changes in the cost of production research report by the National Agricultural Confederation (CNA) and Sergei Las University (UFLA) jointly made​​.

 

Happens in the rain season was to make coffee and sugarcane benefit 

By the end of May occurred in the central and southern regions of Brazil for sugar cane and coffee sporadic rainfall areas for more good than harm, these two crops in early 2014 suffered several months of drought. Although rainfall occurs in both crop production season, but a small amount of rainfall for moist soil is still very popular. Compared with last year's production, occurred in February-April atypical drought is expected to result in reduction of 3% of sugarcane juice; coffee almost cut 10 percent. 

 

Arabica coffee tree pruning release of new technology 

Arabica coffee tree pruning for new technology - planned Arabica pruning technique has been applied to Connie Long, the technology was developed by Espirito Santo Research and Agricultural Extension Association (INCAPER) researchers invention. The results were tested at an altitude of 640 meters at the post proved to be very satisfactory. The experimental results show that some determined: mature fruit better uniformity, lower manufacturing costs, increase up to 50%. Currently, the Institute decided: will conduct further tests in other urban areas by different altitudes state of Espirito Santo.

To promote the establishment of new rural station 

The Brazilian government recently issued a decision - to establish national technical assistance centers and rural technology promotion stations (Anater), and tried to use as a promotional agency, similar to Brazil's small business promotion agency Sebrae. Anater agricultural development will be subject to the regulatory authorities. The establishment of new institutions, the idea behind it is to get through the joint services between rural extension and agricultural research, and promote the dissemination of scientific and technological innovation and scientific and technological knowledge, so that growers to increase production, improve public project channels and increase their income. 

 

Prepare the expansion of the leading coffee roasting companies 

In addition to the southeastern and southern Brazil consolidate its coffee brands outside, 3 Corações now plans to expand its business to other countries in South America. The company's business expanded 7 percent in 2013 after, in 2014 is expected to further expand 11%, at the same time, it has successfully launched its own single-cup coffee maker, named TERS, and plans to build a capsule plant in 2015 in Brazil. 3Corações is currently the market leader in the country, holds 21% of R & G shares.

To promote the establishment of new rural station 

The Brazilian government recently issued a decision - to establish national technical assistance centers and rural technology promotion stations (Anater), and tried to use as a promotional agency, similar to Brazil's small business promotion agency Sebrae. Anater agricultural development will be subject to the regulatory authorities. The establishment of new institutions, the idea behind it is to get through the joint services between rural extension and agricultural research, and promote the dissemination of scientific and technological innovation and scientific and technological knowledge, so that growers to increase production, improve public project channels and increase their income. 

 

Prepare the expansion of the leading coffee roasting companies 

In addition to the southeastern and southern Brazil consolidate its coffee brands outside, 3 Corações now plans to expand its business to other countries in South America. The company's business expanded 7 percent in 2013 after, in 2014 is expected to further expand 11%, at the same time, it has successfully launched its own single-cup coffee maker, named TERS, and plans to build a capsule plant in 2015 in Brazil. 3Corações iExhibition on 2014 EXPOCAFÉ main push mechanization 

17th EXPOCAFÉ-- Brazil's largest coffee trade fair, with a huge space dedicated to showcasing the coffee mechanized planting and harvesting. The number of participants is less than last year, may be due to: lower coffee production, harvest compared to previous years in advance, as well as concerns about price volatility. However, this did not prevent a large number of these devices are stressed transaction. Fair one of the most eye-catching device is Pinhalense debut full self-drive coffee harvesters. 

 

Select new way of picking * 

Although most of the coffee is still picked by hand, but still there are many hands mechanized mining methods and different harvesting techniques to choose from. Hand mining methods: (1) selective picking (with fingers only pick ripe fruit); (2) line and mining (most branches on all or part of the fruit by hand direct line and down). Mechanical harvesting may be done with the help of the following: (3) handheld devices, large-scale equipment by tractor, or (4) large self-drive harvesters, fresh fruit with its own cleaning system.s currently the market leader in the country, holds 21% of R & G shares.

On average, the amount of one line and the fruit is taken 3-5 times more selective finger picking, while the number of handheld harvesting machine is capable of picking selective picking of 20 times, and finally, with the wheels of a large harvester selective harvesting harvest volume is 500 times. Not all of the above mentioned techniques can be applied as a coffee-producing areas: there may be in those areas, the coffee trees have ripe fruit and unripe fruit, fresh fruit still in the growth stage, flowers and buds coexist in different branches or a different location on the same branches. But the local mining and handheld line and harvesting equipment, but can be used in these areas, as described below. 

 

Compared to the typical 8-12 election mining, the line and mining can only 2-4 harvest. Line and mining should be noted that: the proportion of whole grain coffee tree, ripe fruit of coffee reached the highest value, with particular attention to protecting the buds, flowers and coffee which just bear fruit. But also to lay plastic sheeting on the floor and let the coffee fruit fell directly on plastic sheeting, rather than the side edge of the coffee fruit packed mining basket or bag, in order to improve the recovery efficiency. 

 

For most mature coffee branches, in order to make the coffee fruit can fall into plastic sheeting laid on the ground, you can program a single punch motor engine or battery-powered handheld devices to harvest harvesting. Because of mechanical harvesting methods compared to manual power line and taken it to give much, so these harvesting methods to try to stay away from those branches with flowers and buds. 

 

The traditional mining methods selected should be replaced by modern harvesting system, no matter what, the introduction of new harvesting technology cost savings, and can compensate for immature fruit mixed with caffeine brought price losses. Select farm processing technologies, such as picking the match with mixed fresh fruit, it helps reduce the losses caused by immature fruit and picking systems using modern pave the way. 

 

You might think that picking methods described above apply only to Brazil, rather than other countries. But what is surprising is: test, even these ideas are in use in commercial practice are taking place in many countries, such as Mexico, India, Colombia, Brazil, a country not only so, but in today's Hawaii and Australia, these are just regular practice only.

 

Another topic of concern is likely to be affected by selective picking reduced, low quality coffee will be processed out. This problem solved, through a process more coffee, increased production (which is more desirable), or planting more coffee. Either way, the growers' income will increase. 

 

There is another concern that is worried about fruit harvesting mechanization classification may lead to post-harvest fruit, the ratio does not want to part with the increase of the amount of picking and growth. But well avoid harvesting payment system can be implemented with incentives for picking, so that they pick ripe fruit as much as possible. 

 

Finally, you might think that mechanical harvesting will cause unemployment in the coffee producing areas. In actual fact, fruit picking labor shortage seems to have affected a lot of coffee-producing countries, including Central America and even India, a large number of population in these countries may turn to other industries. In addition, continue to engage in the coffee industry workers will get higher incomes, and can provide better opportunities for their children. Whether with or without government help, those who have to leave the coffee industry will be looking for a higher income than before they work. 

 

If you created the right conditions are conducive to the coffee harvest transition from an original pattern to a modern harvesting methods, this possibility will be better for all growers and labor, it may be for economic sustainability and pave the way to reduce poverty. 

 

PINHALENSE full self-drive coffee harvesters P1000 

At first glance, the drawing of the device, which is Pinhalense just launched P1000-type coffee harvesters, in addition to Brazil, Hawaii and Australia, other countries may not see. Careful analysis of this story may be different. In many coffee-growing number of non-shaded area of ​​the coffee-producing countries, as long as the slope is less than 30% will be able to use the new Pinhalense harvester mechanical harvesting. Current P1000-type harvester on the market is picking the steepest slope, body narrowest machine, which means that it can spaced close together for coffee tree fruit harvest.

Currently, Latin America and other coffee trees due to the aging of the coffee-growing areas of low yield strength outbreak of leaf rust, making the most of the coffee tree is turned species, large-scale cultivation area has been refurbished. This is a fantastic opportunity to renovate the area by type of coffee tree / plant layout to accommodate large self-driven mechanical harvester harvesting, such Pinhalense the P1000 type. 

 

Coffee tree planting density of 7000 per hectare of cultivated area can be spaced 3 m, 0.5 m spacing were turned species. Such spacing and "hedge" the growing areas to meet the P1000 type mechanical harvester harvesting. 

 

PinhalenseP1000 type such harvester market price might be considered a huge obstacle to smallholder growers use mechanical harvesting, but experience has shown that the fact that Brazil is not the case: not only small family growers mechanical harvesters joint purchasing groups, and some individuals or the company will buy the machine, leased to the coffee growers or direct both man and equipment together for the growers harvest fruit. 

Last but equally important is, P1000 buyers can get financial assistance Pinhalense of: up to 5 years of installments, very competitive rates, as well as begin payment grace period. You may apply to your side of the Pinhalense agents or our (P & A) Contact Learn how to make your dream a reality mechanical harvesting. 

 

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