NW Pear Crop Estimates and Drought Hits Brazilian Coffee

**Estimates for this season’s Northwest pear crop are out and the numbers are down thanks to some winter weather challenges.

Jeff Correa, International Marketing Director for Pear Bureau Northwest, says the crop has increased slightly from initial estimates.

Correa says there was concern about how the crop would size up, but it’s still going to be our smallest crop in over 40 years, at 10.6 million boxes, up from the original 10 million boxes.

**As harvest wraps up for this year’s Brazilian coffee crop, drought is already threatening the 2025 harvest.

The market is watching how the dry conditions will affect the coffee plants.

The International Coffee Organization reports prices are already at a 13-year high when adjusted for inflation.

In August, the organization’s Composite Indicator Price averaged $2.38 per pound, up nearly 55% from the same time last year.

**The National Corn Growers Association applauds the House of Representatives for passing a bill to overturn the EPA’s tailpipe emissions standards focused solely on the use of electric vehicles to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

NCGA President Harold Wolle says the members of Congress who passed this legislation understand it could take years to realize the full potential EVs offer and that ethanol is just one of many available and effective options for addressing climate concerns.