The harvest pace has been faster than last year’s and is on autopilot now. SAFRAS’ weekly monitoring indicates that until June 20, Brazil reaped 39% of the 23/24 crop, which corresponds to an increase of 6% last week. Work exceeds the same time last year, when the harvest was 35% complete, but is below the average of 42% for the last 5 years.
The arabica harvest comprises 31% of the crop, against 26% in the same period last year and the five-year average of 33%. The conillon harvest jumped to 56%, staying above 50% at the same time last year, but is still below the five-year average of 60%.
The climate maps indicate rain for the rest of this week, especially in coffee areas of Paraná, but moisture extends with less intensity also to the state of São Paulo and parts of southern Minas Gerais, which should disrupt the coffee harvest and drying. Next weekend dry weather must prevail again. Temperatures are forecast to fall again, but not so sharply and without bringing risks to coffee crops. The information is from Rural Clima.