Poland 2022: Black currants production won't pay off?

Published 2022년 5월 3일

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Currant producers in Poland are expressing concern over the significant increase in input prices and the potential failure of the processing industry to adjust the prices paid to growers to reflect these increased costs. The Polish Association of Currant Growers is calculating the unit costs of blackcurrant fruit production and has raised concerns that last year's price of about PLN 5/kg may not be sufficient for this year. Producers are also displeased with the government's approach to subsidies for fertilizers and the lack of contracts securing set prices based on production costs. Despite proposals from producer organizations to stabilize fruit and vegetable markets, as in Hungary and Spain, no serious dialogue has occurred.

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- Moods among currant producers caused by drastic increases in input prices are bad. We are afraid that the prices offered by the processing industry to growers will not take into account the current costs of fruit production - says Stanisław Trzonkowski, vice president of the Polish Association of Currant Growers. - The mood among currant producers caused by drastic increases in the prices of means of production (fertilizers, fuel, plant protection chemicals, spare parts, electricity and others), as well as labor costs, external services are bad. We are afraid that the prices to be offered by the processing industry to growers will not take into account the current costs of fruit production - emphasizes Stanisław Trzonkowski. - The Polish Association of Currant Growers is in the process of calculating the unit costs of blackcurrant fruit production, therefore I will use the calculations already prepared by the National Association of Aronia Growers and confirmed by IAFE. On the ...

Source: Sady Ogrody