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ICE arabica coffee futures slipped to the lowest level in more than four years on Wednesday, weighed down by a huge harvest under way in top grower Brazil and follow-through…

The Upasi (United Planters’ Association of Southern India) Tea Research Foundation is gearing up to address the issue of scarce planting material. P. Mohan Kumar, Director, Upasi TRF told Business…

As an outcome of long process of movement and litigation, finally Indian Tea Board has introduced a price sharing formula(PSF) for the small tea growers( STG) and bought leaf factories(…

Robusta coffee fell to the lowest in more than two months in London as a record crop in Vietnam, the largest producer, may expand the global surplus. Cocoa fell. Vietnam…

— Morcha union collects day’s pay from estate hands, rice collection on in town The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s trade union has started collecting a day’s wage from tea garden workers…

Most of the tea-growing countries across the world have reported higher crop in the first half of 2013, despite adverse weather condition. The production was higher by 81.3 million kg…

Earnings by small holder tea farmers under the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) have increased by 25 percent for the period ended June 2013, with huge volumes of tea delivered…

India’s tea production increased by 16 per cent to 155.06 million kg in July on account of higher output in West Bengal and Assam, says government data. Output stood at…

Tea farmers in Nantou County turned to hot-air ballooning Saturday to get people interested in the black tea grown in their scenic township that is home to Sun Moon Lake.…

After visiting the plantations in Brazil and Colombia, coffee planters in India admit that the industry here would have to change the way of planting and look for better varieties…