Coffee Intercropping for Higher Farm Income There was a time when coffee alone paid the bills. A farmer could plant coffee, tend it well, and count on a decent return. Those days are fading fast. Today's coffee farmers face a perfect storm: input costs climbing faster than prices, rainfall patterns turning erratic, global markets swinging wildly, and soil slowly giving out after decades of monoculture. The traditional model plants more coffee, hoping for better prices, but it