7/30/2021
By Roberto Samora
VARGINHA, BRAZIL, July 30 (Reuters) - Brownish spots have
stained large areas of coffee fields in the south of Brazil's
top producer Minas Gerais, a sign that the worst cold snap in
nearly 30 years will hurt production for at least the next two
crops, according to an agronomist.
Adriano de Rezende, technical coordinator at the Minasul
coffee cooperative, estimated that between 20% and 30% of the
crops were hit by the unusually cold temperatures that reached
the region on July 20, spurring the worst frost since 1994,
according to farmers and analysts.
"It was worse than I imagined," said Rezende said after