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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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The apple yield may be above average
The apple yield to be about 25 percent higher than the 10-year average, 730 thousand tons of which 25 to 30 percent are edible apples and 70-75 percent industrial apples,...
Read moreFruitVeb: this year’s grape production can have good quality and large quantities
Good quality and large quantities of grapes are expected this year – Domján Erika, managing director of the FruitVeb Hungarian Vegetables and Fruit Interprofessional Organization and Product Board told M1...
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FruitVeb: it is expected that 700-750 thousand tons of apples to be grown this year
Hungarian producers expect to harvest 700-750 thousand tons of apples this year, which is 20-30 percent more than the previous year’s harvest – Domján Erika, managing director of the FruitVeb...
Read moreFruitVeb: it is difficult to protect against high heat
Vegetable and plant growers face difficulties to prevent the deterioration of the crop in the high heat. They use modern technology, variety selection and abundant irrigation – Ledó Ferenc, the...
Read moreProduct council: the quality and quantity of the Érd cherry deteriorated due to weather conditions
Due to the weather, the quality and quantity of the Érd cherry declined – according to the FruitVeB Vegetables and Fruit Producing Interprofessional Organization and Product Board. In its report...
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Very poor apricot crops are expected
It is possible that we can harvest the poorest apricot crop of the past 10 -15 years this year – Apáti Ferenc, Vice President of the FruitVeB Hungarian Vegetables and...
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The FruitVeb and the Budapest Wholesale Market renewed their cooperation
Házi Zoltán, Chief Executive Officer of the Budapest Wholesale Market emphasized the development of infrastructure and the importance of the flow of information at the press conference of the Second...
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Labor shortage affects Hungarian vegetable production
The lack of labor force is a growing problem in the fruit and vegetable sector, which can now have a negative impact on the quality of crops as well –...
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FruitVeB: less and less raspberries grow every year
Hungarian raspberry production is decreasing year after year. This year less than a thousand tons of raspberries will be harvested from 200 hectares of cultivated land, only half of which...
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Climate change ruined Hungarian raspberry
Raspberry production almost completely terminated, due to the destructive effects of climate change – agrarszektor.hu wrote. While in the 1980s there were large areas of raspberries in the country, the...
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Weak fruit production is expected due to spring frosts
The spring frosts mostly damaged the apricot, and it is estimated that due to the significant sprout damages, only relatively weak yields of between 10 and 20,000 tonnes can be...
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Labor shortage makes strawberry harvest difficult
The strawberry growers are suffering from labor shortage, as the number of people working in the industry get a job in the EU – agrarszektor.hu. Even though salaries have risen...
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FruitVeB: strawberry crop will be better this year
Winter and spring frosts did not cause any material damage to the strawberries in Hungary this year. The farmers, like in the years of favorable yields, can harvest about 15,000...
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FruitVeB: producers can harvest more greenhouse vegetables this year
This year, producers will harvest more greenhouse vegetables this year from smaller production areas – according to the President of the Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Interprofessional Organization and Product Council...
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The vegetable sector calls for price reductions
The VAT on fruits and vegetables is only 3 percent in Spain and 6 percent in the Netherlands. However, the domestic producers have to face a 27 percent VAT in...
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FruitVeB: the spring frost hit apricot the most
The spring frost has been damaging the apricot to the greatest extent, and it is estimated that due to the significant sprout damages, only relatively weak yields of between 10...
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FruitVeB: the Hungarian fruits and vegetables will be promoted again this year
The fruits and vegetables promotion campaigns of the Hungarian Vegetables and Fruit Interprofessional Organization and Product Council (FruitVeB) will continue this year. Within the campaign, one of the most important...
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FruitVeB: the reclassification of producer groups will be evaluated by 15 December
This year, the number of producer organizations did not change significantly in comparison to last year, but the requests of those producer groups requesting to be classified will be evaluated...
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FruitVeb: fruit growers closed an average, vegetable growers have had a good year
The fruit growers had a somewhat better year than average, but the vegetable growers have closed a good year in 2017 – Ledó Ferenc, President of the Hungarian Vegetables and...
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