Harvest of Polish cherries and morels estimated at 213,000 tons

The US Foreign Agricultural Service in Warsaw estimates the harvest of Polish cherries and morels for 2021/22 at 213,000 tons, 6% more than last season. 165,000 tons of cherries are expected and 48,000 tons of cherries. The cherry acreage for 2021/22 remains virtually unchanged at 40,000 hectares compared to 2020/21, but the modernization of the orchards continues. In 2020, a number of cherry growers replaced old trees with more profitable varieties. According to official data, the yield of morells last season was 157,000 tons, while several chain partners keep it at 100,000 - 120,000 tons. For the yield of cherries, the official data and the estimates of the sector are the same: 44,000 tons. The weather conditions were quite variable in Poland in the winter of 2020/21. Air temperatures were above the long-term average at the end of 2020, causing cherry trees to hibernate much later than normal. In February 2021, temperatures dropped significantly. Thanks to the snow, most of the ...