Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (28.09-04.10.2009)
The beginning of October brought the worsening weather what influenced the prices of some vegetables. By contrast, as regards apples, nothing changed. Prices are stable at the low level. The

Poland: increase in prices of tomatoes
At the moment the supply of tomatoes is lower due to worsening weather and their prices are going up. On Wednesday, September 30 the price of B size tomatoes was 13 - 15 PLN (3.08-3.55

Poland: increase in prices of greenhouse cucumbers
The harvest of field-grown cucumbers has finished. The sunny weather has also finished what resulted in increase in prices of greenhouse cucumbers and one can expect further upward trend in

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (21-27.09.2009)
The fourth week of September didn’t bring significant changes in fresh fruit market. Prices of dessert apples remained stable. One could observe slight bigger export to Russia. The price of

Poland: further decrease in prices of cauliflowers
Large supply of cauliflowers on the market results in downward trend in their prices. On Monday, September 28, the price of cauliflowers packed in cartons of 6 pcs. was from 1.20 PLN (0.28

Poland: price of carrot has downward trend
The large supply and good weather caused that the price of carrots in the last month had a downward trend. On Thursday, September 17, prices of washed carrot were 0.45 - 0.90 PLN (0.11-0.22

Poland: sunny weather in September – high supply of cucumbers
Sunny weather and relatively warm nights in the first half of September caused that the supply of cucumbers grown under protection is now higher than in some periods of the summer months. The

Polish growers get the ball rolling
With harvest beginning next week, it's safe to say that the next season is upon us. Nasz Sad, like most Polish companies, will kick off with such varieties as Gala and Sampion, followed by

Poland: big demand for industrial sweet pepper
On Tuesday, September 8, in the big production area of sweet peppers (Przytyk in mazowieckie provinces), the price of red pepper for processing was 2 PLN (0.48 euro)/kg. This year the demand

Poland: better season for white cabbage?
The prices of the white cabbage are slowly growing. On Wednesday, September 2 the price was 0.30-0.45 PLN (0.07-0.11 euro)/kg. The current demand on the domestic market is quite big. Producers

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (24-30.08.2009)
At the end of August the general trends in prices on the market of fruit and vegetables was similar to earlier ones. In case of fruit of the purchase prices of industrial apples and chokeberries

Poland: industrial tomatoes – prices better than last year
Processing plants have already started the purchase of tomatoes. Last week price of tomatoes for juice concentrate was about 0.35 PLN/kg, while last year it was by 0,02 PLN/kg less. The prices

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (17-23.08.2009)
The half of August passed and on the market of fruit one can observe very low purchase prices. On the market of fresh vegetables there is low supply of cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage and

Poland: problem with quality of white cabbage
Due to adverse weather (warm and wet) a lot of vegetables, also white cabbages, are affected by many diseases. It is more and more difficult to buy the white cabbage of good quality and in

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (10-16.08.2009)
The second decade of August started and many fruit growers started worrying about prices of industrial apples. Prices of industrial apples are low – 0.12-0.16 PLN (0.03-0.04 euro)/kg in

Poland: prices of white cabbage started growing in mazowieckie province
Prices of white cabbage in mazowieckie province started growing due to adverse weather and in consequence lower supply. On Thursday, August 13 prices of white cabbage was to 1.70 PLN (0.41

Poland: low supply of apples Paula Red
As it was for apples of Early Geneva variety, the supply of apples Paula Red in the area of Grójec isn’t big. The lower supply of apples is a result of adverse weather conditions and

Poland: further decrease in prices of domestic sweet peppers
Prices of domestic sweet peppers have been decreasing for a few weeks. At the moment the weather is favourable for their growth so on the market there is rather big supply. On Tuesday, in the

Poland: poor quality of Chinese cabbage
The quality of Chinese cabbage is poor due to adverse weather conditions. Too much rain causes that the cabbage is easily rotting. Such situation resulted in lower export of Chinese cabbage.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (03-09.08.2009)
The beginning of August didn't bring great changes in the price situation on the fruit market. The sour cherries season for fruit farmers is lost; the purchase prices of sour cherries are stable

Lower demand for Polish Chinese cabbage on Russian market
On the Russian market one can observe clear decrease in demand for Polish Chinese cabbage Despite stable and low price the demand is much lower than a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, August 4 the

Poland: prices of domestic sweet peppers
Despite many summer storms, warm and sunny weather are favourable for growth of sweet peppers. Prices of peppers are rather stable with slight downward trend. On Tuesday, August 4 in the big

Poland: high prices of cauliflowers
At the moment one can observe the lack of cauliflowers on the market what results in increasing prices. On Monday, July 27 the price of cauliflowers packed into cartons was even 2.60 – 2.80 PLN

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (13-19.07.2009)
The purchase of strawberries for processing already finished and now the processing plants are buying raspberries, currants. They also started purchasing of sour cherries and of course fruit

Poland: difficult export of cherries
We already wrote about problems with this year's export of cherries. Due to adverse weather conditions it’s difficult to find good quality cherries which could be chilled and transported. So