The batch by the Fidel coffee farm, processed by the mill Olymar Lucia III, won the Cup of Excellence with a price of $3010 per quintal.
"In the second and third batches were located farms Palmiera milled by Didier Sanchez and Farami de Juan Luis Fallas, with sales of $2,070 and $2,030, per quintal, respectively," noted an article in Elfinancierocr.com.
Due to the slow progress of the Chinese economy and the possible sale of reserves by Cyprus, the price of gold closed at $1,361.1, its lowest level since 2011.
"At the end of the first session of the week, at the Mercantile Exchange in New York, the most traded contracts for gold, due in June, lost $140.3 an ounce (a drop not seen in three decades) to end up at their lowest level since February 2011," noted an article in Laprensa.com.ni.
Palmas del Ixcán, a subsidiary of Green Earth Fuels is developing a model ecological plantation of African palm in Guatemala. The company is investing US$14 million in the project.
Green Earth Fuels – a subsidiary of the Riverstone Holdings, Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs investment funds – says the project will ensure a major cash injection for a very poor region, where subsistence farming has done considerable damage to forests.
Recognized Brazilian company of backhoe loaders, telescopic, articulated and other types of cranes looking for companies interested in representing the brand and distributing their machinery in Central America and Mexico. The company manufactures and sells telescopic,...