Weekly summary - fresh-market.pl price analyse (18-24.08.2008)
In the third week of August, purchase prices of apples for processing were still the most important. Fruit growers didn't come to agreement with processing plants and price of apples purchase

Apples for peeling
Apples for peeling have more and more great significance, particularly when prices of apples for concentrate are very low. In małopolskie province in processing plants purchase price of apples

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.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (11-17.08.2008)
The second week of August passed. As regards prices of fruit, both prices of dessert fruit and fruit for processing stayed at low level. In spite of last week's announcements purchase price of

Apples are going down
In the area of Grójec purchase price of apples of Paula Red variety (1st class, size 70 mm) bought by trading companies is about 0.21 EUR/kg and prices of the same variety (size 60 mm) is 0.18

Prices of raspberries – exception to the this year’s rule
Purchase prices of raspberries, in spite of little fluctuation, have been staying at the stable level of about 1.22 EUR/kg. In lubelskie province, on Tuesday, August 12th raspberries were being

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Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (4.08 – 10.08.2008)
In the end of first week of August purchase prices of sour cherries increased a little bit. Price of sour cherries for juice concentrate reached the level of 0.18 EUR/kg and sour cherries for deep

Problems with purchase of apples for processing
Everything is pointing at the fact that the purchase of apples for processing will meet the same problems as the purchase of sour cherries. Let us remind, that in spite of beginning of purchase of

Price of domestic peaches
More and more domestic peaches appear on the market. On Wednesday, August 6th price of peaches size 55-60 in packaging was 0.53 EUR/kg in central Poland and price of peaches 55+ was 0.59 EUR/kg.

Next varieties of apples already on the market
After early varieties such ‘Papierówka’ or ‘Early Geneva’, the first lots of apples of later varieties (among others ‘Paula Red’) appeared on the market. On Tuesday, August 5th price

Field tomatoes already on the market
Field tomatoes are already sold on wholesale markets. Prices of field tomatoes in boxes of 6 kg are 0.47 EUR/kg on the wholesale market in Rzeszów. Last year field tomatoes appeared on the market

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (28.07-3.08.2008)
The next problems with purchase of cherries appeared last week. Price of cherries for juice was about 0.14 EUR/kg and cherries for deep-freezing about 0.19 – 0.25 EUR/kg. Moreover processing

Plums are going down
There are more and more plums on the market and next varieties e.g. ‘Lepotica’ appear. Supply of plums is already so high that prices of plums are almost every day lower. Additionally prices

More and more apples for processing
On Tuesday, July 30th purchase prices of apples fluctuated around 0.05 EUR/kg. Despite of low prices large amounts of apples are already delivered to the purchasing centres and processing plants.

Low prices of apples for processing
Processing plants started a purchase of apples for processing. In śląskie province purchase prices of apples delivered to the plant do not exceed 0.06 EUR/kg. Last year in the same time price

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (21-27.07.08)
The level of purchase price of sour cherries is undoubtedly a hot topic of last days. In spite of protests of fruit growers, last week price did not only increase, but they had a downward trend.

Consumption of fruit
According to examinations of households conducted by the GUS consumption of fresh and processed fruit takes the fifth place (after the meat, products from cereals, eggs and dairy products and

Low price of apples for processing
Purchase prices of apples for processing do not exceed 0.06 EUR/kg, so they are drastically lower in comparison with those of last season when crops of apples was very low. Purchase prices will

Low prices of early varieties of apples
Early varieties of apples such as Papierówka, Vistabella, Early Geneva are purchased at lower prices than last year. This year huge crops of apples are expected so prices of apples will be lower.

Chanterelles already on the market
Wild mushrooms mainly chanterelles appeared already on the wholesale market. At the wholesale market in Poznań price of chanterelles is about 7.14 EUR/kg (sale in 1 kg packaging). On wholesale

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (14-20.07.08)
In third week of July purchase price of black currants did not change and stayed at level 0.56 – 0.62 EUR/kg. Purchase of late varieties (e.g. Ben Adler) started.As regards purchase prices of

First blackberries of the season
First cultivated blackberries appeared at the wholesale market in Poznań. Their price is 4.04 EUR/kg (fruit packed in 0.5 kg packaging). Last year wholesale price of blackberries was higher and

Stock of apple juice concentrate
This year producers of apples can be worried about level of the purchase price of apples for processing. According to the information of processing plants stock of apple juice concentrate of the

More pears this year
After last year low crops of pears (31 thousand tons) this year record crops are expected. According to forecast prepared by IERiGŻ-PIB total crops of pears may reach 65 thousand tons. First