Denys Voroniy, the founder of Elite-Vegetable LLC in the Chernihiv region (Ukraine), evaluates this year as three-plus on a five-point scale. According to AgroTimes, the farmer grows table and chips potatoes on dry land. “For the Polissya potato growers, the year is better than the previous one, since last year the potatoes burned,” said […]
Read MoreWax or paraffin has been used for many years to preserve apples’ presentation and create a glossy surface. Some manufacturers have experimented and used fat, gelatin, and overcooked soy sauce as a coating. However, none of these methods produced satisfactory results, and the fruit after processing still required washing before eating. Agri-gator reports that everything […]
Read MoreAccording to analysts of the EastFruit project, the new season of walnut crops in the monitoring region begins unevenly. Since it has entered an active phase in all eastern countries of the monitoring region, we resume monthly reviews of the markets for walnut and almond kernels and shelled hazelnuts. Over September 2020, project analysts […]
Read MoreIn Ukraine, the high cost of tomato production is explained by the rapid spread of the nightshade pest – the South American tomato mining moth Tuta absoluta. Farmer Sergii Sokolov from the Kamiansko-Dniprovsky district of the Zaporizhzhia region (Ukraine) told AgroTimes about this. Sergii has 2 hectares of greenhouses, where he grows cucumbers […]
Read MoreEastFruit analysts report that during the global COVID-19 pandemic (February – June 2020), Ukrainian fruit and vegetable exports fell 43% compared to the same period last year. During this period, Ukraine’s revenue from the trading of vegetables and fruits decreased to $ 58.5 million. A year earlier, for the same period, the export revenue of […]
Read MoreAlexander Yarechenko, Ph.D. in Agriculture, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Horticulture of The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine shared the prospects for producing, consuming, and processing honeysuckle. The 2019 season promises to be at least interesting for connoisseurs of honeysuckle as a new super berry on the domestic market. This […]
Read MoreToday, in the commercial production of vegetables, the use of free pollination varieties lowers. They are grown in the manufacture of products with a protected geographical origin or in the production of products traditional for a given region. The ideologists of organic farming popularize varieties, but organic producers themselves very often prefer hybrids. Often, producers […]
Read MoreThis season, the cooperative plans to collect about 400 tons of Duke blueberries. Created this year, the cooperative of Ukrainian producers of organic and conventional blueberries Big Berry Coop begins supplying products to the international and domestic markets, reports Agri-gator. The members of the first blueberry cooperative are three Ukrainian producers: BigBlue Organic […]
Read MoreCurrently, blueberries are one of the most popular berries in Ukrainian farms. As EastFruit previously reported, today in the country, about 3 thousand hectares are occupied under this berry. According to market players’ forecasts, the areas under it will triple over the next five years. The popularity of blueberries among Ukrainian berries is explained, […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine has developed a draft concept for the industrial development of potato growing for 2021–2025. According to AgroPortal, this is stated in the message of the Information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine. As noted, the purpose of the document is to […]
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