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Marktbericht No. 69-2019 market update linseed (brown), new harvest
2019-10-08 | Prices for linseeds are going through the roof!
There is almost no linseed crop in Kazakhstan. Heavy rainfalls followed by snow interrupted the harvest or made harvesting impossible!
Marktbericht No. 63-2019 market update – from my field tour through Chinese pumpkin provinces
2019-08-28 | Midterm market update from my field tour through Chinese pumpkin provinces
Since last Sunday we are traveling China, and at the moment we are inspecting the main growing areas in Inner Mongolia. Over the last few years, Inner Mongolia developed into the main growing area for Shine Skin kernels and has outranked the province Heilongjiang. Xingjiang is the most significant growing region for pumpkin seeds! We see the cultivation of Shine Skin and GWS-raw materials here are the most expensive!
Marktbericht No. 56-2019 market update – Chinese pumpkin seeds new crop
- Forecast for the new crop not very promising
- Further price increase for old and new harvest affects all types
Farmers in China will start harvesting their pumpkins within the next 10–20 days. Typhoon Lekima has brought heavy rainfalls to the main cultivation areas Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia. It is feared that 10 to 15 percent of pumpkins will rot in the fields or be lost due to disease (mould fungus etc.) Beginning of May shallow temperatures has hampered the development of pumpkin plants in Xingjiang.
Marktbericht No. 55-2019 market update – urkish sultanas/ Thompson new harvest
2019-08-28 | - Harvest for Turkish sultanas is in full progress
- Fruit colour is very light
- 30 percent less yield per hectare
- Trial weight of fruit at least 30 percent less
- Farmers unwilling to sell their material at TRY 10,00 p.kg., the agreed minimum price fixed by TMO/TARIS
Marktbericht No. 54-2019 market forecast for Turkish sultanas/Thompson
Today the Turkish Ministry for Agriculture has estimated the 2019 harvest officially at 300.000mt. The minimum prices for farmers are fixed at TRY 10,00 p.kg. In case prices fall below this level TMO and Taris will intervene in the market as a regulative force.