Too cheap raspberries, Polish producers have enough

Growers and farmers who are involved in fruit cultivation indicate that raspberries are too cheap in purchases. The situation is bizarre for farmers and entrepreneurs, as purchase prices are at the level of rates from 20 years ago. Growers intend to block local processing plants, but they also demand intervention from the Ministry of Agriculture. During the peak season, some producers threaten that if the prices for fruit in purchases do not increase, they will block local processing plants for over a month. According to growers, raspberry prices have not increased in 20 years, meanwhile production costs, energy costs and fertilizer prices have gone up significantly. Additionally, this year's season was exceptionally difficult for fruit producers: frosts and drought have severely decimated crops. "Only one in 30 plantations is quite good and the harvest will last 2-3 weeks there, and on the rest there will be 3-4 days of picking and then the fruit is gone. So the explanation that ...