More Coffee news from South America, this time from the world’s fourth largest coffee exporter, Columbia. At the end of February thousands of coffee growers took to the streets to protest the worsening conditions they find themselves in as their real income continues to fall after falling prices and a strong local currency. They were demanding greater subsidies from the government that already pays growers subsidies.On the 7th March the disruption was finally brought to an end as the Colombian government pledged $450 million dollars to farmers. Over 40,000 farmers took place in the strike which

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