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Colombia coffee-growers worry over looming La Nina rains
2016-06-21 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Colombian coffee growers still dealing with the consequences of the El Nino drought are now bracing for heavy La Nina rains which could hurt the country's harvest even more, the head of the coffee federation said on Tuesday. Growers, who are finishing harvesting beans shrunk by lack of water, will soon have to contend with overly humid soil and the possible spread of the roya leaf rust disease, Roberto Velez, the head of the country's Coffee Federation, told Reuters in an interview. While a...
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