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This year’s apple production might be worrse than estimated before
This year’s apple harvest may be under 400,000 tonnes, which is 15-20 percent lower than the previous pessimistic estimate, and up to 35 percent below the long-term average of around...
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Paprika Day for the eighth time
This year, the Hungarian Paprika Day will be held for the eighth time – agroinform.hu wrote. Date: September 4, 2019 Location: Horticultural Site of the KITE Zrt. in Derecske 4130...
Read moreFruitVeB: plum yields may be slightly better than mediocre this year
The plum harvest may be slightly better than mediocre this year, with growers harvesting about 60-65,000 tonnes from 6,600 hectares. Last year 65-70,000 tonnes were harvested – the vice president...
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FruitVeB: this year’s vegetable crop may be similar to last year’s
According to preliminary estimates, farmers will be able to harvest on 82,000 hectares – Ledó Ferenc, president of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interbranch Organization and Product Council (FruitVeB) told...
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This year less apples than average will grow in Hungary
On the basis of the preliminary crop estimates, about 450,000 tons of apple crop are expected in Hungary this year, which is 25 percent below the average. In Hungary, the...
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This year’s harvest will be weak and the price of apples will rise
Due to extreme weather this year, 450,000 tons of apple production is expected, which is half of last year’s figure and 25 percent lower than the ten-year average yield, so...
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FruitVeB: up to 10-15 percent less watermelon may grown this year
The President of the FruitVeB Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Intergovernmental Organization and Product Board expects 10-15 percent less, 160-180 thousand tons of watermelon production. Ledó Ferenc told MTI that due...
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The melon season starts with a smaller domestic supply
A larger amount of domestic melons are expected to be marketed from 1 July. The watermelon harvest can begin at the end of the week, early next week, so a...
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FruitVeB: lots of rain increase plant protection spendings
The weekend storm caused damages on a few thousand hectares in the orchards, but fortunately in the major vegetable-growing districts, there was less destruction. But to the east of the...
Read moreFruitVeB: What we can expect from the sour cherry season
European sour cherry production and market positions. Four countries, mainly Poland, Hungary, Serbia and Germany, make up about 300-400 thousand tons of production in the sour cherry market. Germany’s production...
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FruitVeB: a better than average apricot and medium peach harvest is expected
The Vice President of the FruitVeb Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Interprofessional Organization and Product Council expects slightly more than the average 25,000 tons of apricot crop this year, while the...
Read moreThe rain caused significant damages in the open-field strawberry production
This year, the fungus infection and the rainy weather also caused significant damages to the open-field strawberry production. Apáti Ferenc Vice President of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization...
Read moreFruitVeB: cherry crop can fall below 10,000 tons
Due to the heavy rainfall, fewer than 10,000 tons of cherry can be produced in Hungary, so it can be more expensive than last year – the director of the...
Read moreFruitVeB: Producers can harvest more tomatoes and cucumbers this year
From a smaller production area this year, the producers can harvest 5-10 percent more tomatoes and 5 percent more cucumbers from heated glass and foil houses – FruitVeB predicts. Ledó...
Read moreStrawberries are expensive
Although the strwberry season started well in the middle of April, the cool weather slowed the ripening of the fruit, and the prices are also higher than usual – Világgazdaság...
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FruitVeB: special attention has to be paid to the protection of vegetables and orchards due to the rainy weather
The amount of rain that has fallen in the previous days has been good for both vegetables and fruits, and helped their growth, but the cool and rainy weather favors...
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Nagy István: without the latest technologies the fruit and vegetable sector cannot be successful
We need to give space to the newest technologies in the Hungarian fruit and vegetable sector, because without them it will not be successful – the Minister of Agriculture said...
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FruitVeB: rainy weather was good for horticultural crops
The rainy weather of the past few weeks has been good for outdoor horticultural crops, but rain also increases the risk of infections – FruitVeB explains in its latest report...
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FruitVeB: despite extreme weather, this year’s strawberries crop is good
The winter and spring frosts did not cause significant damage to strawberry plantations this year, so producers, like in the average yield years, can harvest about 15,000 tons of strawberries...
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FruitVeb: domestic vegetables will be cheaper from May
Home-grown vegetables will be cheaper from May, after the warm weather has accelerated the ripening of plants grown in foil and greenhouses. Cabbage, radish, early carrot, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, snake...
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FruitVeB: weekend rainfall was good for the farmers and the orchards
The precipitation of the sown vegetable seeds and the flowering of the fruits was helped by the rainfall at the weekend, but it did not provide the necessary amount –...
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FruitVeB: drought adversely affects the fruit and vegetable production areas
Drought has a negative impact on the fruit and vegetable production areas. Currently 120-160 millimeter rainfall is needed in the soil – Ledó Ferenc, President of the FruitVeB Inter-Professional Organization...
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FruitVeB calls to start the irrigation season sooner
The extraordinary drought in the Southern Great Plain makes it impossible to sow and grow on thousands of hectares – according to FruitVeB’s press release. The sowing of green peas,...
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Apple juice will be made of edible apple
Fruits stored in cold stores as edible apples have suffered such a loss of quality in the autumn that – as a remedy for the damage – the juice plants...
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Lédó Ferenc was elected as the agricultural professional of the year
The jury awarded the agricultural professional of the year 2018 title to Lédó Ferenc, chairman of the FruitVeb Vegetable-Fruit Interprofessional Organization – Privátbankár.hu wrote. According to the announcement of the...
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European oversupply and weak quality are undermining the domestic apple market
The quality of edible apple originally stored for human consumption is much weaker than usual, so it can only be sold for industrial purposes – Világgazdaság Online wrote. The plant...
Read moreFarkas Sándor: the largest gardening development of the last quarter century to take place
Based on the resources available and the support needs submitted, the most significant horticultural development of the last quarter century can take place until the end of the current EU...
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FruitVeB: vegetable production is similar to last year’s and can be around 1.9 million tonnes
Some vegetables, including peppers and green peas, have been damaged by the long drought weather, but the warmth was good for sweet corn; record-breaking crop is expected. Vegetable production can...
Read moreThe plum season was average
In the average season, about 60-65 thousand tons of plums can be harvested by the farmers – magyaridok.hu wrote. Hunyadi István, the director of the Vegetable-Fruit Interprofessional Organization and Product...
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FruitVeB: weather badly affected the production of onions
The dry weather badly affected the cultivation of onions and potatoes, while sunflower and tomato closed a good year – the Executive Director of the FruitVeB’s Hungarian Vegetables and Fruit...
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