Frost Kills 900 Million Coffee Trees in Parana Brazil
At dawn on July 18 1975 a brutal frost wiped out 900 million coffee trees in Parana crippling Brazil’s 1976 crop by 73.5 percent halving exports and triggering price spikes. The disaster reverberated through global markets with U S processors raising prices and consumer campaigns to curtail coffee use.
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Coffee price war planned by housewives faces Brazil
Mrs Beverly Ribaudo of St Clair Shores Michigan and Mrs Barbara Shuttleworth of Vernon Connecticut mobilize housewives to launch a national coffee brake next Monday. They aim to cut prices by urging a boycott while Camilo Calazans president of the Brazilian Coffee Institute warns the harvest will be small and stocks dwindle making a boycott unlikely to quickly affect prices.
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