Poland: frost delayed the harvest of cabbages
For the past few nights the temperature dropped even below -5 ° C. In some areas of małopolskie and mazowieckie provinces the temperature reached even -7 ° C. Frost delayed the harvest of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (02-08.11.2009)
At the beginning of November the harvest of apple ends, the supply of industrial apples is usually higher and their prices falls. And last week the price of industrial apples decreased. However

Poland: did the frost affect Chinese cabbage?
So far there wasn’t big frost. The temperature didn’t drop below -6 º C, so probably Chinese cabbage wasn’t much affected. In some areas (e.g. Przytyk, mazowieckie province) temperature

Poland: big demand for white cabbage
On the market one can observe growing interest in white cabbage what can really result in high prices for this vegetable this season. Interest in cabbage is really big and potential recipients,

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (26.10-01.11.2009)
The apple harvest is slowly ending. Prices are still stable. The prices of apples for export, size 70+, packed into cartons are from 0.60 to 0.90 PLN (0.14-0.21 euro)/kg depending on the area of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (18.10-25.10.2009)
Last week prices of most fruit and vegetables remained stable or changed only slightly. This time of the year prices of vegetable change only slightly and bigger changes concern only such

Poland: low demand for Chinese cabbage
The demand for Chinese cabbage is low, especially from foreign recipients and the volume of export of this vegetable is not satisfied for producers and exporters. As a result of low demand and

Poland: the harvest of Chinese cabbage
Both in the south and in the center of Poland there is harvest of Chinese cabbage. However on Wednesday, October 14 the unexpected winter weather made the harvest difficult. Fortunately, the

Strong interest in Polish cabbage
This year’s harvest of white cabbage will be lower than last year also due to adversely weather. So probably the price situation will be different than last season when big supply and lower

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (11-18.10.2009)
Last week the prices of apples, both the dessert and the industrial ones remained stable. The purchase price of industrial apples was 0.14 - 0.17 PLN (0.033-0.04 euro)/kg in purchasing centers and

Poland: bad weather will adversely affect the quality of Chinese cabbage
In many regions of Poland where the Chinese cabbage is cultivated, its harvest have just started and in some areas the harvest will start in one week so there is a lot of cabbage on the fields.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (05-11.10.2009)
At the end of the first decade of October the prices of apples, both industrial and dessert, remained stable. The price of industrial apples was 0.14 - 0.17 PLN (0.033-0.04 euro)/kg in purchasing

Poland: low prices of Chinese cabbage
Chinese cabbage is still very cheap. On Friday, October 9, the price of Chinese cabbage in cartons intended for export was from 0.80 PLN (0.19 euro)/kg. The producer price was from 0.35 PLN

Poland: prices of cabbages
Situation on cabbages market is following: very cheap Chinese cabbage, stable prices of red cabbage and slowly rising prices of white cabbage.  As we already mentioned, the purchase prices

Poland: high supply and low prices of Chinese cabbage
On the market there is very big supply of Chinese cabbage. On Tuesday, October 6, the purchase price of Chinese cabbage started already from 0.35 PLN (0.08 euro)/kg. Although the supply is big,

Poland: low prices of Chinese cabbage
Producers prices of Chinese cabbage in central Poland are from 0.55 PLN (0.13 euro)/ kg. On the market there is big supply of this cabbage and due to slightly lower demand its prices have

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (14-20.09.2009)
In the third week of September, the prices of apples are still the hottest topic. The prices of industrial apples hardly changed. The price in processing plants is 0.18 - 0.20 PLN (0.04-0.05

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (07-13.09.2009)
The pace of apples harvest is slowly becoming faster but it is still far away to its peak. However the apples prices are already the hot topic. Prices of apples for processing are stable at a

Poland: prices of white and Chinese cabbages
We already reported that in the current season, white cabbage producers situation is somewhat better than last year, because its price is slowly increasing. On Thursday, September 10 the price

Poland: white cabbage production more profitable?
On the vegetables market one can observe the slow but steady upward trend in the price of white cabbage. Current prices are at the level of 0.35 - 0.45 PLN (0.08-0.11 euro)/kg. This confirms

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (31.08-06.09.2009)
At the beginning of September downward trend in prices of apples which one could already observe at the end of August, was even stronger. Prices of eating apples are dropping due to lower export

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 (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