Problems with cherries due to rainfall, low producer prices up to 2.5 euros in Greece

April rains and low temperatures in May created problems for the early and mid-early varieties of cherries. But although the quantities are reduced, the producer prices are at very low levels and do not in any case exceed 2 to 2.5 euros per kilo for the first quality cherries. Nikos Dimitriadis, cherry grower and member of the management of the Skydras Agricultural Association, reports to AgroTypos that "this year we have an unharvested crop of cherries which created problems for the producers and is not compensated by ELGA. Although we had a mild winter and spring, then we had a drop in temperature. This created problems for all the early varieties. Some of them have no production at all. Also the alternations of rain and sunshine created tears in the cherries and made them unmarketable. Yields on trees are greatly reduced and so are harvests. Although there are few quantities of cherries, prices remain at low levels. At this time, the cherries are leaving the field at a price of ...