Crops of vegetables 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

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

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

Decline in profitability of fruit production
The decline in profitability of fruit production have been lasting from 70’s. According to examinations conducted by Association of Short Tree Orchards only about 30 % of producers achieve good

Higher production of chokeberries?
This year the production of chokeberries was much less profitable compared with the previous year. Purchase prices of chokeberries delivered to plants decreased to 0.15 - 0.21 EUR/kg (last year

Production of cherries: high level of risk
Fruit growers producing cherries of at least 25 mm in diameter achieve the biggest profits. Price of cherries of smaller size are much lower. The highest prices growers obtained for cherries of

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

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

W Hiszpanii spodziewane są dobre zbiory cytryn
W Hiszpanii w porównaniu z poprzednim rokiem spodziewany jest bardzo dobry sezon jeśli chodzi o cytryny, zarówno pod względem wielkości produkcji jaki i jakości

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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (8-14.09.2008)
Last week the agreement on purchase prices of apples for processing was reached. A guaranteed price is 0.28 zloty/kg (about 0.083 EUR/kg) for apples delivered to the plant, but only four

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

Prices of fruit purchased for supermarkets
There is more and more fruit and their prices are decreasing. Moreover the weather supports earlier ripening. In małopolskie province price of apples of the varieties Antonówka, Jerseymac,

FH Ceres – the next exhibitor of the conference Fresh Market 2008
The circle of exhibitors of the conference Fresh Market 2008 was enlarged by the company FH Ceres. This company has been acting on the Polish market from 2002. FH Ceres offers fresh and

Bigger production of elderberries
In surroundings of Białystok the elderberries were planted on big areas about 150 ha. Elderberries are also planted in the north of Poland. Elderberries are intended mainly for export to Great

Situation with apples for processing
Fruit growers still haven’t reach an agreement with processing plants on prices of apples for processing. According to our information collected in purchasing centres there are still blockades

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

W Niemczech więcej brokułów
W najbliższych dniach w Niemczech spodziewana jest większa podaż brokułów, która będzie spowodowana jednoczesnym wysypem tych warzyw w kilku rejonach produkcji na południu,

Processed fruit will not be cheaper
In spite of this year's heavy crops and very low purchase prices of fruit, leading producers of processed fruit announced that their products won't certainly be cheaper. Producers of fruit

Heavy crop of plums in the south of Poland
There is a heavy crop of plums in podkarpackie province. Many producers aren't picking fruit because of too low prices. On Monday, September 1st price of plums of 3+ size was about 0.18 - 0.21

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

Weekly summary - fresh-market.pl price analyse (25-31.08.2008)
The consecutive week of August was marked by protests of fruit growers at low purchase prices of apples. The agreement wasn't achieved and blockades of processing plants are being continued. Low