Poland: low prices of strawberries will affect production next years
Despite the unfavourable weather and lower supply of strawberries processing plants are buying strawberries at much lower prices than last year and additionally they are limiting the amount of bought fruits.
According to processing plants the reason of such situation is still large stocks of strawberries from last year’s season and very low demand on international markets. However according to many experts and producers very low this year’s prices (1.10 – 1.50 PLN (0.24-0.33 euro)/kg for strawberries without stalks and 0.60 – 0.80 PLN (0.13-0.18 euro)/kg for strawberries with stalks) and as a result unprofitable production of strawberries will adversely affect the volume of next crops. Many fruit growers think about stopping cultivation of strawberries next year.
Source: fresh-market.pl (ms)