Poland: For the 5th year in a row, they want to buy gooseberries below the cost of production
Fresh Gooseberry
Poland
Published Jun 8, 2022
Tridge summary
Gooseberry starting prices are disappointing producers. Processors want to buy the raw material for 5 consecutive years below production costs. If nothing changes, the plantations will decline even faster. The harvest of early gooseberry varieties will begin this week. The Niesłuchowski variety will be harvested first. The prices offered by the plants, according to the producers, can be commented on at today's costs either with laughter or the removal of plantations. It also happens.
Original content
According to ARMA data, 137 hectares of gooseberries have decreased in Poland compared to last year (1746 ha in 2021 and 1609 ha in 2022). The first processing plants in the Lubelskie Voivodeship currently offer 0.60 - 0.70 PLN per kilogram of gooseberries. - It is impossible to produce good quality raw material in this money and earn on it - argues the producer from the Lublin region. He adds that there is no point in adding to the production from other crops and thus sponsoring plants that earn well on gooseberries every year. Such a policy can only end in one way - further grubbing up of plantations. On the other hand, the producers' sales offers are three times higher than the first proposed prices. Farmers value a kilogram of gooseberries at the level of PLN 2.00 - 2.20 per kilogram. Prices at this level would guarantee a return on costs and a profit. On the other hand, processors say that due to the low demand for processed gooseberries, they are unable to agree to the rates ...
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