In addition to the entire social and economic context, Espírito Santo has a special relationship with coffee production and harvest, passing from generation to generation.
Later, with the union of several actors, they managed to remove the State from the ranking of the worst coffee in the world, a position held until the end of the 1990s.
At the same time becoming one of the best and most awarded in the country today. They went from commodity coffee to quality coffee.
This change was not only in coffee production, but in the quality of life of producers and their families, and accelerated the development of the season.
Although the volume of precipitation has been quite high in some squares, agents consulted by Cepea have not yet reported significant problems in the crops.
Crop production
Even so, many agents already expect the harvest to start a little earlier, compared to last year, between the end of March and the beginning of April.
Between March and April with robust production, between the end of April and the beginning of May for arabica. As for business, they continue at a very slow pace in the national physique.
However, with the devaluation of coffees in the last month, producers moved away from the market. Therefore, many coffee growers are capitalized at the beginning of the year, due to sales made until December at more remunerative prices.
In the same way, commercialization has been restricted to the needs of buyers, with some negotiations taking place above “market” prices or between the exporters themselves.
This is a super-harvest of coffee, foreseen by Conab – the compass institution of the market. If there is no unforeseen event (weather or other major repercussion).
In principle, it could be the biggest harvest in the history of coffee growing in Espírito Santo, surpassing 15 million bags, an advance for the economy of the state. Holy Spirit .
