The harvest of fruits and berries in 2024 will be lower due to frosts

Published 2024년 5월 14일

Tridge summary

In 2024, Russia is expected to experience a decrease in the harvest of various fruits and berries, including apples, cherries, plums, stone fruits, currants, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, honeysuckle, and others, due to severe May frosts. The extent of the yield loss is still uncertain, as many farms have not yet assessed the damage. The cost of these fruits and berries is projected to increase by at least 15-20% due to the frosts and rising production costs. The main impact of the frosts was in the south of central Russia, with the possibility of losing up to half of the entire Russian fruit harvest. Despite setting a new record for fruit and berry collection in 2023, Russia's self-sufficiency in these products remains below the target of 60%.

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Original content

In 2024, a decrease in the harvest of apples, cherries, plums and other stone fruits, as well as currants, garden strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, honeysuckle and other berries is expected in Russia. General Director of the Berry Union and FruitNews news agency Irina Koziy informed Agroinvestor about this. According to her, the reason was the May frosts in a number of regions. The expert noted that it is still difficult to give an accurate assessment of the yield losses of these crops; most farms have not yet had the opportunity to assess how the plants survived the critical situation with frost. It will be possible to assess the damage after warm weather sets in, when it will be possible to see how the plants are recovering. “In a number of regions, on some farms, the temperature dropped to -9 degrees. These are extremely low temperatures for the current season. They, of course, very seriously damaged the flowers and ovaries where flowering was already underway and fruits ...

Source: AgroInvestor