September 14 2007, 16:19

Rainfalls hamper vegetable and potato harvesting in Western Ukraine

The specialists of CIS produce business periodical, "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" weekly inform with the reference to vegetable producers in Western Ukraine that lots of rainfalls significantly complicate the harvesting of potato, table beet, carrot, onion and other vegetable crops. As a consequence of the higher moisture content many producer are just unable to enter the fields, although they are ready to start harvesting process.

Despite of the slow progress of harvesting campaign, the prices for vegetables remain relatively low in most areas of this region. The analysts explain this fact by the increased vegetable supplies from Poland where the producers expect vegetable and potato harvest to noticeably increase this year, according to "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" data. Right now the prices for the majority of vegetables but for onion are significantly lower in Poland than in Ukraine.

We'd like to remind that the leading experts will present the details of fruit&vegetable market perspectives in Ukraine and Russia with the account to the global trends, and also the novelties in vegetable and fruit production technologies, post harvest handling, packing, storage and marketing during the second international conference "Fruits&Vegetable Business of Russia 2007" to be held October 23rd-25th 2007 on the territory of "Expocenter" in Moscow, and also the fourth international conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2007. Meeting New Leader", to be held on December 4th-6th 2007 on the territory of the National Complex "Expocenter of Ukraine" in Kyiv.