Frozen vegetables: higher production, lower export
Frozen vegetables are the first among all processed vegetables in Poland e.g. the production of frozen vegetables in July 2008 amounted to 30 thousand t and was by about 22 percent higher than in

Growing demand for pickled cucumbers
A supply of pickled cucumbers (Polish style) grows and more and more wholesale quantities come to the market. On Thursday, October 9th in the central part of Poland the price of pickled

Purchase price of apples are still decreasing
On Wednesday, October 8th in many regions of Poland purchase price of industrial apples was 0.029 EUR/kg. So the purchase prices of industrial apples came back to the lowest level which was

Prices of potatoes slightly increased
The prices of potatoes which were stable for few weeks have slightly increased, mainly those ones intended for export. On Tuesday, October 7th in the central Poland the minimum price of potatoes

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (29.09-05.10.2008)
The prices of industrial apples decreased on the turn of Sep/Oct. In the purchasing centres their price was 0.04 – 0.05 EUR/kg at the end of the week. This due to the fact that there is a crop

Onion will be more expensive
We already informed about predictions of poor harvest of onion released by The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) as well as about the adverse weather conditions in the end of summer

"Super-owoc" na rynku brytyjskim
Aronia została nazwana na rynku brytyjskim „super-owocem” ze względu na dużą zawartość witaminy C i B i bardzo dobrze przyswajalny przez człowieka kwas foliowy.

Great fall of Shampion
In many regions of Poland there was a great fall of apples of Shampion variety what had also an influence on the decline in prices of apples for processing. The reason isn't clear. It could be

Słabe zbiory ziemniaków
Tegoroczne zbiory ziemniaków zapowiadają się gorzej nie tylko od ubiegłorocznych ale również będą słabsze niż przeciętne zbiory w latach 2001-2005. GUS

Demand for beetroots is rising
In the central Poland one can observe growing demand for beetroots. It is difficult to say this demand has upward trend. So far a rise in prices of beetroots is not large but noticeable. On

Will the high prices of cauliflowers stay?
An improvement in the weather conditions is giving hope for better growth of cauliflowers. But rains and low temperature caused certain losses on fields. The considerable part of cauliflowers

Czy utrzymają się wysokie ceny kalafiorów?
Poprawa pogody daje nadzieję na przyspieszenie wegetacji kalafiorów. Ale deszcze i zimno wyrządziły pewne szkody na polach. Spora część kalafiorów ma małe róże i trafi do

Nienajlepsze prognozy dla cebuli
Jak już informowaliśmy, kilkanaście deszczowych dni mocno pogorszyło warunki zbioru cebuli i odbiło się negatywnie na jej jakości. Na polach widać, że jeszcze mnóstwo cebuli czeka

Will the price of industrial apples decrease?
A few days without the rain caused that in purchasing centres more industrial apples appeared. Fruit growers are in a hurry with the sale of apples for processing in order to concentrate on

Poland import more and more vegetables
According to statistical data Poland import more and more fresh vegetables, especially in the winter and spring periods. In 2007 the import of the white and red cabbages amounted to 4.4 thousand

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (22-28.09.2008)
The fourth week of September is a period of relative stability of prices especially on the vegetables market. Of course apples still remain the main topic. Prices of industrial apples in

Great success of the Conference Fresh Market 2008
On 19 September 2008 the Conference Fresh Market 2008 was held at Mazurkas Conference Centre in Ożarów Mazowiecki. 260 participants took part in the meeting. They established new trade

Will the bad weather influence the quality of onion?
The constant rainfall in many regions of Poland causes that the harvest of many vegetables is difficult. It concerns among others onion and it will probably influence its quality. During the

Ceny ziemniaków na Łotwie
Łotewska Unia producentów i Przetwórców Ziemniaków poinformowała, że z powodu częstych i obfitych opadów deszczu wegetacja ziemniaków nie może być dalej kontynuowana, gdyż

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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (15-21.09.2008)
The prices of apples stayed of course the most important issue in the third week of September. The guaranteed purchase price 0.084 EUR/kg is paid only for the raw material of perfect quality. In

Poland: important producer of bilberries
Poland is the first producer as regards area of production and the second one as regards the level of crops of bilberries in Europe. The world production of bilberries is being assessed at the

Production of cherries: very bad year
For a few years Poland is the second important producer of sour cherries in the world (the first one is Russia). This year the profitability of the production of sour cherries was very low. At

Russian Minister of Agriculture in Poland
Russian Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordijew is visiting Poland. On a press conference which took place during the Polagra Food Fair in Poznań, the minister Gordijew announced the

Fruit productivity still too low
According to the information from the Association of Short Tree Orchards and of examinations aconducted by GUS only about 10 % out of 600 thousand orchards have productivity at the medium level