Poland: The prices of agricultural products on the way from purchase from the farmer to the store shelf are rising astronomically

Published 2020년 12월 7일

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The article highlights the significant price disparities between the purchase and retail prices of agricultural products in Poland, with the new Ministry of Agriculture emphasizing the free market approach and emphasizing factors such as global supply and demand, domestic production, and foreign trade that influence prices. The ministry has opposed the idea of imposing minimum margins, citing potential conflicts with EU law, and has suggested that farmers can improve their selling prices by establishing long-term relationships with processing plants and by combining their supply into producer organizations. The article also mentions the legal framework in Poland that allows direct sales of food by farmers.

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The prices of agricultural products on the way from purchase from the farmer to the store shelf are rising astronomically. The host has the proverbial "button" for it, and the ministry says in short: "there is a free market" and "join groups". The purchase rates of live pigs in some regions have already dropped to the dramatic level of PLN 2.8 per kg for breeders. At the same time, the first ham in the store costs PLN 30-40 per kg. This is just one drastic example of a price difference along the infamous "farm to fork" journey. No wonder the hosts ask where their profit margin is in all of this. Moreover, last year's inspection of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection showed that farmers' earnings are small compared to the final price of agricultural produce in stores. What does the new leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture say to all this? In response to a parliamentary question on the margin for farmers, Deputy Minister Ryszard Bartosik emphasized that trade in ...

Source: AgroPolska