Coffee Prices Slide on Brazil Rain Forecasts

Written on 01/16/2026
Rich Asplund

March arabica coffee (KCH26 ) on Friday closed down -2.80 (-0.78%). March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26 ) closed down -3 (-0.07%). Coffee prices gave up an early advance on Friday and settled lower after updated weather forecasts boosted the chance of rain in Brazil's coffee-growing areas over the next week....coffee, bag and scoop by Lija Generalov via Shutterstock