Crops of fruit in 2008
The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) published on its website "Preliminary results of assessing of main crops in 2008". This document contains data among others about potatoes, field

Production of Polish apples
The average annual yield of apples in Poland amounts to 2-2.4 million ton, including 1.9-2.2 million ton in orchards producing apples for selling. At average harvests of 2.3 million ton (in 2008

Low quality of fruit – low competitiveness
On the Polish market a share of domestic fruit of the low-quality is still too high. One can assessed that 500-600 thousand ton of fruit, i.e. only 16-19 % of total amount of fruit meet the high

The president of KUPS: 0.28 zloty/kg for industrial apples is too high price
The President of The Polish Association of Juices Producers, Julian Pawlak, informed on a press conference that the purchase price (0.28 zloty/kg i.e. about 0.083 EUR/kg) of industrial apples

The origin of the product is important for consumers
Results of conducted questionnaire surveys on the all-Polish attempt showed that for more than 40 percent of our citizens it was important that fruit and vegetables which they are buying have

First reactions of fruit growers to the agreement on prices of apples for processing
Disappointment. This way most briefly one can describe reactions of apples producers to the news, that The Association of Polish Fruit - Growers and representatives of a few processing plants

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (1-7.09.08)
In the first week of September on the market of fruit and vegetables there weren’t the significant fluctuations in prices. A turning point in the dispute over purchase prices of apples for

Environment-friendly attitude of Polish fruit growers
According to Polish Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture environment-friendly attitude of Polish fruit growers increases. The method of the Integrated Fruit Production (IPO) is applied

Next talks about prices of apples for processing
The Association of Polish Fruit-Growers informed that they are ready to continue talks with producers of juices as regards prices of apples for processing. Will they reach an agreement this

Walnuts instead of apples?
This year's low prices of apples cause that many fruit growers are going to change of type of cultivations. Some fruit growers decided to clear the orchards of apple trees and planting trees of

Two low consumption of apples in Poland
Consumption of apples in Poland, even though quite high (about 20 kg/person), is much lower than e.g. in Germany (25-30 kg/person) or in the Netherlands (about 35 kg/person). For reaching the

Hungary: problems with apples for processing
Not only Polish producers have every year problems with purchase prices of apples for processing. Producers of apples in Hungary appealed to the government to take action to improve their

No agreement on purchase price of apples
On the Monday meeting in the Ministry of Agriculture fruit growers didn't come to the agreement with processing plants. There was no agreement on the purchase price of apples for processing.

Agro Alians among participants of Fresh Market 2008
Representatives of trade company Agro Alians can be met on 19 September in Merchant Trade Centre during the conference Fresh Market 2008. Agro Alians is a supplier of Polish fresh fruit and

Situation on the market of Polish apple juice concentrate
Low supply of apples for processing (caused by spring frost) and high purchase prices influenced on decrease of Polish apple juice concentrate export in the season 2007/2008. Total export