Cherries are bought in southern Serbia between 60 and 73 euro cents per kilo

In southern Serbia, cherry picking began a week ago, with purchase prices between 70 and 85 dinars (60-73 euro cents at the current exchange rate - note ed.) per kilogram, reported the local news agency Beta. The agronomist and owner of a cherry orchard in Meroshina municipality, Nišava district, Hranislav Peric, told the media that the purchase prices were acceptable, but pointed out that this year's harvest was extremely weak. Perich specified that this year's cherry harvest is 30% smaller than last year's, which in turn was 50% smaller than the one harvested in 2022. According to him, in some orchards there are only a few kilograms of cherries. Just for comparison, he pointed out that on the first day of cherry picking last year, 10 tons were handed over to the purchase point in Meroshina, and this year - only 1 ton. "During the flowering period, the temperatures were extremely high and there was a dry wind, which made pollination impossible. In addition, last year many fields ...