In Ukraine, a number of food products will become more expensive immediately

By autumn, berries and fruits in Ukraine will become significantly more expensive – cherries, strawberries, sweet cherries, plums, apricots, and peaches may increase in price by 20-30% due to spring frosts and reduced crop yields. Obozrevatel reports. Some early vegetables, including potatoes and zucchini, will also become 10-20% more expensive as early as this summer. Early vegetables, rapeseed, and especially the berry and fruit group have been most severely affected by the weather. Farmers suffered the greatest losses in garden strawberries: crop damage reached 50% on some plots. Shortfalls are expected in currants, blueberries, cherries, plums, sweet cherries, and rapeseed. According to experts, the yield of the berry and fruit group will decrease by an average of 20-22%, which will automatically affect market prices. Even during peak harvesting, seasonal products will be somewhat cheaper, but prices will remain high compared to previous years. The final cost is influenced not ...