Retail demand and consumption remain unchanged on our domestic market. Drier weather over the past week means that land conditions are favourable for groundwork. Stocks are behind where they were in previous years before the pandemic distortion. With this in mind, current supply and demand should align well until new main season crop comes on board. Prices have stabilised over the past week.
In relation to the Cyprus crop, there were overnight frosts on four nights over the weekend and inland areas report damage. Temperatures have since returned to normal but crops will be delayed “by 7 to 10 days”. In France, it is noted that “non-traditional” varieties which were grown because of the overall lack of seed last year are proving hard to move.
| Low | High | Average | |
| Rooster box | €600 | €700 | €650 |
| Rooster 10kg | €7 | €8 | €7.50 |
| Chipping Markies (25kg) | €13 | €15 | €14 |
| Kerr Pinks 10kg | €8 | €9 | €8.50 |
