date:Jun 04, 2014
s. The Standard Poors GSCI index of eight agricultural commodities increased 10% this year.
Ipanema Coffees, a supplier of beans to Starbucks Corp., expects yields for its crop to drop by as much as 40%.
Its a mistake to suppose that coming rains will solve the problems weve had, Washington Rodrigues, the president and chief executive officer of the Alfenas, Minas Gerais-based Ipanema, said last week. Once vegetative growth is lost, you dont recover it.
Hedge funds are paring expectations th