Apricot season started earlier and with lower prices

Published 2024년 6월 21일

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Apricot season has begun in Ukraine, with early batches hitting the market despite reduced yields due to spring frosts. The warm and sunny weather that advanced the bloom time by two weeks in the southern parts of the country led to the frosts causing significant damage to the stone fruit crop. Despite the early start, which is on average a week earlier than the previous year, farmers are already worried about the rest of the season. Apricots are currently available at prices that are on average 32% lower than last year.
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The first batches of apricots from local farms appeared on the Ukrainian market this week. This is reported by analysts of the EastFruit project. It is noted that most producers report a decrease in apricot yields due to spring frosts. We will remind you that the early onset of warm and sunny weather this spring led to the fact that orchards in the south of Ukraine bloomed an average of 2 weeks earlier than scheduled. So the frosts in May were detrimental to the stone fruit crop. According to the farmers themselves, favorable weather conditions allowed them to enter the market this year on average a week earlier than ...
Source: Agravery

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