The coffee harvest in Antioquia is expected to be the largest in the last 15 years and so far has developed normally. However, with the truckers’ strike that affected much of the country, the southwest of the department has launched A warning for 2025: fertilizers have not reached the coffee fields.
Although union leaders and coffee growers indicate that there is no direct impact on the harvest, what they do express is It is their concern about what could happen to the coffee plants, since without fertilizers these crops they may be left with serious problems in getting them to serve coffee again.
Alonso Suárez, spokesman for Dignidad Cafetera, said that in this subregion of Antioquia they are about to to have the latest fertilization process and that without the products there is a risk that the coffee field will no longer produce seeds.
“There was already a trend to a shortage of some fertilizers, just at the time of giving the last fertilization before the harvest,” the manager said.
Specifically regarding the coffee harvest and other problems caused by the truckers’ strike, coffee growers They acknowledged that the blockades have prevented dozens of workers from reaching the crops, causing certain delays in the coffee harvest.
It should be remembered that there is another problem that has been reported on this issue and that is the scheduled closure of the roads. access to the Southwest and that the coffee unions say could generate million-dollar losses to the sector.
