Berry cluster of the village of Cunicha, Moldova in 2021 bailed out the supply of "hail-cutting" strawberries to Romania

Published 2021년 7월 29일

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Berry farmers in the Romanian village of Kunicha have experienced significant losses due to hail, leading to a Decrease in strawberry harvest by about 30% this summer. The majority of the crop suffered, with the worst quality being sold in Romania at a price of about 15 lei/kg ($0.83/kg). Only the finest strawberries were exported to Russia, with prices ranging from 27-30 lei/kg ($1.50-1.66/kg) in the beginning of the season. The farmers are not planning to reduce the strawberry cultivation area in the upcoming season and aim to enter the Romanian market with high-quality products.

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This summer, berry farmers in the village of Kunicha (Floresti district) suffered losses as a result of hail. As EastFruit reported, torrential rains with hail affected 80% of plantations, hundreds of hectares. As a result, according to preliminary estimates, compared to previous seasons, the harvest of strawberries in 2021 decreased by about 30% (in the best years, the strawberry cluster in Kunich collected and exported up to 1,000 tons of berries). Worse, a significant part of the current year's harvest fell on "hailstorm" strawberries - not of the best quality. Taking this into account, according to the farmers of this village, the way out was to ship hundreds of tons of such strawberries to Romania - a wholesale trader who has been buying plums in Kuniche for several years. Taking into account the short distance to Bucharest, deliveries of strawberries, relatively speaking - “second quality category”, were not associated with the risks of large culling. At the same time, the ...

Source: Eastfruit