(Prensa.com) Cherry coffee reached a record price for producers in the district of the Renaissance, to begin the harvest of this product in the province of Chiriqui. "They are paying $ 8 per can of coffee [estimated weight of 30 pounds] in cherry producer. Is the best price that has been in the beginning of the harvest at least 20 years, "said Ernesto Ameth Lezcano, the … [Read more...]

(Panama Digest) For the first time in its history, Panama will have to import coffee to supply local demand during the last four months of the year. There is enough coffee to last until August, but Panama will have to import 32,000 quintals since the local market consumes 8,000 quintals a month. Production was down 40 percent this year due to heavy rains, the flight … [Read more...]

(prensa.com) An extremely poor harvest has pushed prices for a quintal of Panamanian coffee to record levels. A quintal of coffee from the 2010-11 harvest now costs between $250 and $275. The price last year at this time was $140. Prices on the international market for Panama coffee have reached $290. The poor harvest was caused by flooding that took place late in the … [Read more...]

(Des Moines Register) Des Moines residents George and Jan Davis are farmers. But their farm is in Panama, not Iowa. A cup of coffee years ago eventually sent the Davises, who live in Beaverdale, some 3,000 miles south, to Panama. There they started their small coffee farm high in the mountains near Boquete, near Costa Rica. Now they are selling the end result of the … [Read more...]